Wots translation
Never seen a fiver growing up, tanners and pennies for me.
And with 2 plain wafers we called it a "slider".
Seen many versions of this, mine would be...
Half and half would be a single black man at our ice cream van
Or a steedmans pooder
Opening post
Maybe it was Coulter's?Seen many versions of this, mine would be...
Ally bally ally bally bee
Sitting on yer daddies knee
Waiting fir anither bawbee
Tae buy some Coulter's candy.
Who cares who's right though, a lovely memory
Robert Coltart 1832-1880-or something brought it out as an advertising jingle to advertise his anaseed flavoured sweets which he sold in Melrose.You learn something new every day.Seen many versions of this, mine would be...
Ally bally ally bally bee
Sitting on yer daddies knee
Waiting fir anither bawbee
Tae buy some Coulter's candy.
Who cares who's right though, a lovely memory
No' heard that one.It was one of my dad's sayings.I had no idea what an Abdine was when I was a wee boy.Or a steedmans pooder
I kind of remember an advert like
Maybe goes back to the first pronunciaton of it after we borrowed it from the French marron (meaning 'chestnut' or by extension, 'brown') - pronounced ma-rõ, bit like marron wi that nasal sound at the end that the French do so well!I left Edinburgh aged 19, 46 years ago. Up until that point I had only pronounced the shitty Hearts colour as "ma roan" Most folk I met after that pronounced it "maroon" Was pleasantly surprised to hear a taxi driver say "ma roan" a few years ago when I was back for a visit. What's the most used description nowadays?
Bloody stool comments taken as read
Sounds spot on. How do the majority pronounce it now?
That's the version I remember
The one I heard often was "I've seen more strength and abdine in a pail o' water".
I was telling my children (15 and 17 y.o) about a "black man" the other day, they were honestly quite shocked and think I'm a horrible racist.
Van used to come to our school and park in the playground and we all got our hair checked for nits.
At Longstone primary the nurse checked your head in the classroom in front of everyone. Not potentially stigmatising at all!
A SIVER is a drain next ti the pavement
...and they used to be cleared regularly by the siver man.A SIVER is a drain next ti the pavement
Aye but correct me if I'm wrong you're no'a kid.A SIVER is a drain next ti the pavement
