[Flipside]

My problem with the '****e' explanation is that it's applying Midlands pronunciation to Southern speech, it was always pronouned as in 'kit' not 'kite' until about 10 years ago.

And lighting a match in the loo to get rid of unpleasant odours has been something people have done for a long time (in the assumption that the flame would burn off the 'gas') it doesn't work, but people still do it.


Edit  : Just spoke to Mum about it, she's not sure, but it was something to do with lighting the Mantle-lamps in Portabello, it basically means, 'Get a clearer look.'.

[an0n]

I took it to mean 'pay attention' or 'think'.

And '****e' is a Scottish variation of '****' that's leaked into English vernacular.

[an0n]

Oh and 'butchers' is 'butchers hook', meaning 'look'.

[aldo_14]

I took it to mean 'pay attention' or 'think'.

And '****e' is a Scottish variation of '****' that's leaked into English vernacular.

No, ****e is from the original old English word (schitan), dating from at least 1,000 years ago (probably from the form ****ten).  The 'e' has simply been dropped over time.  The Gaelic word for ****/e is 'chac' or 'caoch'.

[an0n]

I meant recently.

[Mongoose]

You know, if I had to put up with half the crazy slang you people across the pond seem to on a daily basis, I'd probably go nuts.

[Grey Wolf]

We have our own crazy slang, we don't need to mix it with theirs.

[aldo_14]

You know, if I had to put up with half the crazy slang you people across the pond seem to on a daily basis, I'd probably go nuts.

Ach, ahm sure if ye hopped ower here fer lang enuff ye'd ken whit we're on aboot fast as **** off a shovel,  davinchy kerr?

[Flipside]

LOL The scary part is, I understood that perfectly

[aldo_14]

LOL The scary part is, I understood that perfectly

Aye, but yer hitched tae a weegie, are ye no?

[Flipside]

hehehe though some of her friends still require a great deal of concentration when I go up to Glasgow

[Black Wolf]

We call it Maths, and since Australia represents the peak of modern western civilization (well, parts of it do), Maths is correct.