Sayings

[JimM]

Annaka's midden, rather than Mrs. Smith's/Mrs. Brown's/Mrs. Black's midden.

Frances

If you wanted to say something was messy or untidy...you would have said " it's like a midden"
But if you wanted to add emphasis to the mess you would have said "it's like Annackers midden"
Everybody would have known what a midden was like... But Annackers was this mythical, even more disgusting midden.

I don't go with the "Mrs Smiths midden" theory k .... middens were more communal (you didn't have your own midden)
Middens were basically a pile of ...Err thingy ....... I don't imagine anyone would want to put their name to one

Jim

[pinkshoes]

I've never heard of Annacker's Midden, but saying it with a slightly different emphasis gets you to A Nacker's Midden - could it be something to do with a knacker's yard - I do hope I'm not being rude with that one, but I truly don't know what a knacker's yard is - think it might be the abatoir?

Jist a thoct really

Big Rid Face
Pinkshoes

[AnneM]

Hi

Definitely heard the all over to one side like Gourock one. In fact sometimes use it myself to the mystification of children and husband alike.

Someone with a long fringe was often referred to as like 'a coo looking ower a dyke."

When we were little my mother's favourite threat was that "The Black Douglas will get you." Once I'd read about the Battle of Otterburn I was not sure why that was a threat as I reckoned he was a bit of a hero.

I've also lost count of the number of times I was told that if in any doubt I could spier as I had " a guid Scot's tongue in my heid."

You could also frequently be told to "Awa and bile yer heid and mak sheep's heid broth" or to " save yer breath to cool yer porridge."

An over-indulged and over-protected boy was often referred to as "his mammy's big tumshy".

I'm sure that the Asquith reference is correct as I believe that wait and see was one of his sayings.

Anne

[Davie]

Huv loads o' East-end sayin's, but wid be oan ma saicont yellow kerd if a' postit' thaem oan here.
An yeese aw know ah widnae waaant tae offend oanywan.
Annaker's midden, if memory serves.
No sure if it had wan n or two, but it wiz a cheap butcher shoap at the Barras
Davie

[JimM]

Annaker's midden, if memory serves.
No sure if it had wan n or two, but it wiz a cheap butcher shoap at the Barras
Davie

Hi Davie
I'm sure that midden has only wan n...


Jim

[Davie]

Guid wan Jim,
Gled somewan's peyin attention.
Ah jis wish ah "kid" get wan o' yoose tae pey ma bills.
Ah kin never quite get "could" put intae Weegiespeak.
Wid appreciate yer thoughts
And as I am in North Lanarkshire today, the proper spelling is midding.
Davie

[JimM]

Hi Davie

"could" is a tricky wan

I'd go with "kid".... as long as the emphasis is on the k (if the emphasis is on the d.. then it's a wean)

I grew up in Easterhoose where you would'nae even think aboot saying midden

More like .... "Where ur ye goin' shuggy?"

"Doon tae Corpach ......Ah've fun a lucky midjy"

Jim

[StewL]

Buggerlugs is more than familiar ta me.

Ma young brother has called me that since I cant remember

As for the others I have heard most of them from ma mither at one time or another including haud yer wheesht or I'll skelp yer lugs or was it somewhere lower doon

[Anne H]

Something lower doon, Stewie

Regards,
Anne H

[paddyscar]

I've never heard of Annacker's Midden, but saying it with a slightly different emphasis gets you to A Nacker's Midden - could it be something to do with a knacker's yard - I do hope I'm not being rude with that one, but I truly don't know what a knacker's yard is - think it might be the abatoir?

Jist a thoct really

Big Rid Face
Pinkshoes

One definition of a 'knacker' is a person who buys old horses to slaughter for pet meat, and possibly other useful byproducts.

Frances