Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2

Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2
From: leeneia
Date: 04 Feb 20 - 01:26 PM

Helen, we were talking about stoushie, not stoush.

Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 04 Feb 20 - 03:43 PM

Just with regard to Helen's earlier posting about being in the wrong place &c.; many, many years ago, when about eighteen, I was walking along a long, straight avenue in the West End of Glasgow, about seven in the evening, when I saw someone on the same side of the (lengthy) pavement making his slightly unsteady but very determined way towards me (or, at least, I was going to encounter him in less than a minute's time). What made that problematic was the way he was punctuating his gait with a regular thumping of his right fist into his left hand, a sort of malevolent metronome. I crossed the road, diagonally, as if I had always intended to do this anyway. He saw me. No, there wasn't any stoushie, or even "stushie", let alone a "stouch" as I'll spell it for the moment. There was, however, a loud enquiry - rhetorical in nature - and a resounding statement of obvious fact: "Ye think Ah widnae, son? Ah'm just in the mood!"

Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Feb 20 - 05:10 PM

"stushie",
I have heard the Scotttish comedian Fred MacCauley use the phrase eg
"That is what in Scotland we call a stoushie"
in the context of an argument, and probably with reference to politics.

Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 05 Feb 20 - 05:18 PM

Having repatriated almost 23 years ago, "stoush" rings a bell but, in the suburbs of Sydney, at least, it was more likely to be a "blue" that ABCD nearly ended up in.