Do Scottish people use “fit” like that? I know it’s used in England, particularly the north, but I don’t think I’ve seen it from Scotland. Probably says more about how much exposure I’ve had to Scottish culture though.
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PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 year agomaybes naw but ye ken fit like. pure spot on man
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Yes and no - it can be used to express someone finding another attractive, but in certain parts (particularly the NE) it’s more of a nuanced “what”, with it’s specific meaning depending on context.
Language is wild.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I can barely understand the gist of what you wrote. I’m genuinely curious how English did this… I assume from mixing with Celtic/gaelic languages?
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 year ago
No idea. The Doric branch of Scots is something else, it’s wild. Even if two people local to a particular area from thirty or forty miles away are gabbin awa to each other, I can just about follow the thread of the conversation but I couldn’t pick out every single word.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I don’t think anything in @edinbruh@feddit.it’s comment is particularly Celtic/Gaelic-inspired.
Banging is slang for hot. Pal means friend. Shag means have sex with. They’re all fairly common slang in the English language even outside of Scotland. Mostly in England, but elsewhere in the Commonwealth most people would be familiar with the terms, even if it wouldn’t be the first slang term they themselves would use.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m familiar with all of that…?
I thought it was obvious that because I responded to this comment, I was talking it in particular: feddit.uk/comment/5215388
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ah sorry. I misread and thought you were replying to the parent comment of that comment.
Anyway, I’ll admit I’m struggling with that one too. My best take:
Maybes naw: I think this is literally “maybe no”, possibly used equivalently to the Aussie “nah yeah” (meaning “yes”)?
ye ken: you know
fit like: quite hot
spot on: exactly
min: ???
But I don’t really see how they fit together.