Another question to Scotch (yes, Scotch) people

[satchmo]

ah divvnt knaa where you get this shite aboot geordies like,whee d'youse think you fuckin are like,eh,do you wanna fuckin gan like? eh?

[JayzusB.Christ]

'Just the same way as Jaysus B Christ, drinks Guiness, has about twenty children and likes whickey?'

I also have eyebrows on my cheeks and a pig under my arm, bejapers, so I do, so I do.

[Smiley]

Some helpful excerpts from the McGlossary in 'The Bogie Man' by Wagner, Grant and Smith.

Annat - "And that" Often mystifyingly used to end a statement, e.g. "Ah could fair murder some o' thae chups, annat!" (I am desirous of having some of those french fries!). Totally meaningless
Bampot - idiot
Banjo - strike violently
Bar-L - Barlinnie Prison
Bawheid - "ball head", a term of abuse
Baw's up oan the slates - activity is at an end
Bhoys, ra - Glasgow Celtic FC
Bowfin' - stinking
But - see "Annat", another word puzzingly used to close a sentence, e.g. "Get yer ain chups, but!" (Kindly obtain your own french fries!)
Chump (aff yer) - Head (off your)
Clarty - dirty, smelly
Dunt - knock / blow
Embra - Edinburgh
Fandabbadozey - fantastic
Ferrit face - someone about to be struck
Gerrintaeum - "Get into them", attack with some vigour
Haverin' - prattling
Heidbanger - dangerous lunatic
Heidcase - ordinary everyday lunatic
Heid the baw - literally "head the ball", an idiot
Helpmaboab - expression of alarm, literally "Help me, Robert!"
Hen - term of affection
Hullawrerr - Hello there
Jimmy - anyone (male) you don't know
Jings - exclamation
Keek - Glance, look
Laldy - a thrashing
Mairrit - married
Michty me - exclamation, e.g. good grief
Micky Rooney - looney
Murder, polis - exclamation of alarm
Nae tother a ba' - No bother at all
Nyaff - person of no account
Och - roughly equivalent to "oh", pronounced as if clearing the throat
Screw the nut - Get a grip on yourself
Sky it - Run for it
Soash - social security
Stoater - a particularly fine example of anything
Sufferin' duck - an exclamation of displeasure

[Queen Firey-Bou]

To add further details to the above...

Bowfin' - stinking as in to make you vomit, pukey etc.
Ferrit face - someone about to be struck ; I would say also, someone who looks like they been sooking lemons, probably work for the soash.
Hen - term of affection , female only, as in "AW hen yur loookin' pealy wally"
Heidbanger ; we also have heider- "thons a richt fecking heider"

& ye forgot chibb; a knife...& many more

[Tex Hex]

Ive just read this Jaysus, and though im scotch (sic) I never considered what it meant. But your whole "help me, bob" has caught my attention. You say that it could be replacing the name of the lord with something more polite. But what if it wasnt? What if it was...subgenius?

Link: http://www.subgenius.com" target="_blank">http://www.subgenius.com

[Wils]

Hmm. Unless it has historical origins and refers to Robert the Bruce. But that's a wild guess, though.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Sweet holy  christ on toast! Well, I for one am converted.
Praise Bob and pass the pipe...

(Also, cheers for the Bogey Man Scottish dictionary. Not sure how, but I'm familiar with most of the terms, but there is a few gems there I've never hears before.)

[Trout]

There's also:

Pus like a well-skelped erse

and lobie-dosser.

But I'm not going to translate them, because I'm evil that way.

- Trout

[JayzusB.Christ]

'Head like a well-skelped arse' is used in Ireland, so I have a fair idea of what that's about.

[Dounreay]

"A face like a buldug lickin pish aff a thistle" is also a particularily outstanding example of the venacular.

I would commend  Tom Shields diary in the Glasgow Herald to any would be students of the Scots tongue.

By the way, all Campbells are scunners. There wasn't just one. It's a clan thing. Don't get involved.

[Trout]

That's untrue, Dounreay! I quite like Neve Campbell.

But then there's Nicky Campbell...
Actually, I'm with you.

- Trout