GLASGOW SPEAK

TRANSLATION

aff

off

aw ma a'm no gonnae fa'

oh mother, I'm not going to fall

backcoort

 back court or yard

 ben

through

bunnet

flat cap as worn by Andy Capp

cannae

can not

chute

slide

clatty

filthy

 close

shared entrance and stairs to flats

 dae

do

flittin'

moving house

flush

in the money

hame

home

hogmany

 New Year celebration

 hoose

house

Irn Bru

type of fizzy drink

jist git up the sters fur yer dinner when yer tellt

just get up those stairs for your lunch when you're told

wa'

 wall

 washimat

 launderette

wean

 child

wee

small

winchin

courting, going out with someone

ye or yae

you

scramble

traditional 'scramble' for money thrown by the groom following a wedding

tenement

terraced block of flats

GLASGOW SPEAK

TRANSLATION

decanted

enforced rehousing

daud

lump

doon

down

dreep

climbing down from a high object

dunny

a basement space

dyke

brick shelter for dust bins

factor

landlord

faither

father

first footin'

being the first visitor of the new year

fling

throw

kilt

 killed

lassies

girls

leerie

man who operates the gas lights

low doon hoose

ground floor flat

naebody

 nobody

oor

our

oot

 out

ootside

 outside

pend

passageway through tenements

pieces - a piece 'n jam

sandwiches (usually jam)

poke

small bag usually made of paper

pokey hat

ice cream cone / cornet

ster heed windies

windows on the stair landing

tae

to