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Thread #47074   Message #701817
Posted By: GUEST,boab
01-May-02 - 02:30 AM
Thread Name: BS: Scots Rhyming Slang???
Subject: RE: BS: Scots Rhyming Slang???
Ah'm o' the opeenion that "the sheugh o' yer erse" cam' frae seein' the said "sheugh' wis awfy like the real sheughs that cairry the rin-aff frae the knowes efter the rains. [Wee Danny Kyle had a crack oan the subject that wis worth a ceckle---he aye talked aboot learnin' the Gaelic, an' his wee book at hame ca'ed "Brush up yer Erse"] An' aye, Weepiper---nae intent tae dae doon the Glesca folk! Ye'd hae fund the like in thae days frae oney big toon folk. Goad's truth---Ah even met waens wha'd never clapped een oan a COO!!