jon Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Fae the coapy ideally.My girlfriend still calls every supermarket "The Norco". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Mesages. But then my mum is weegie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 My girlfriend still calls every supermarket "The Norco".Are you dating an OAP?Who remembers Presto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeromiserY Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 "Messages" is unacceptable.Hahahahhhaha, aceI'd like to point out that it's not the English I have a problem with. It's just accents in general. Aberdeen accents are just as bad...though I fear mine is worse than I think it is. My aunt is English and though I love her to bits, her accent does my tits in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I see your Presto and raise you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I see your Presto and raise you...That used to get pluralised as well. Going down to Willie Lows for some messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 That used to get pluralised as well. Going down to Willie Lows for some messages.I just called it WmLow, forget expanding it to William. Forget. That. Then it got turned into an Iceland, then an M&S Food shop and now it's a factory outlet clothes shop of some sort. There was a Presto too when I first moved to Morpeth then it went through the classic Safeway>Morrisons route. Yup. That's what happened to shops in the place I grew up.You're Welcome, Everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Fae the coapy ideally.Especially if you are buying baps.I remember Presto, but I'm a Fine Fare man really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yeah, Fine Fare is about as far back as I go..Wretched youth, the things I've missed out on!xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Sainsbury's and Morrisons yes.He's right though, Tescos and Asdas do not exist. Neither does Chiquitos.Very common in my home town of Killie - going for "messages" or "shoapin'" at Tescos, Prestos, Asdas or The Fine Fare - it always prefixed with "the".Ahhh, good times, simpler times, nane o' this intermesh browsing online pish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Everybody round our bit of Mastrick said messages....we were all toonsers......Glaswegians were a rare, exotic species who only appeared during the summer holidays (this was in the early 60s). Anybody else remember their 'co-opie divi number'? I actually tried using it a few months ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I see your Presto and raise you...I raise your Wm Low, and point you in the direction of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Willy Low...ah, the memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Are you dating an OAP?Who remembers Presto?She is a bitty aul'er than me.....and fae Torry. There could still be a Norco there that nobody bothered to shut down or buy out. John Menzies ('menzeez') or John Menzies ('mingis')? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Menzeez for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 John Menzies ('menzeez') or John Menzies ('mingis')?Ah, now, there's a toughie !The shop was known as Menzees in Ayrshire, but the surname of the same spelling was prounounced Mingis in the area.A bit like Garioch - it's generally Gee-ray up here, but the guy who ran the last team I played for, Jim Garioch, announced himself as Jim Gary-och. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeromiserY Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 She is a bitty aul'er than me.....and fae Torry. There could still be a Norco there that nobody bothered to shut down or buy out. John Menzies ('menzeez') or John Menzies ('mingis')?i call it mingis' as a piss take. like i say "twa minty's" for a couple of minutes. anyone hate place names that are pronounced nothing like they are spelled? findochty is a fine example. or foaggy loanin's (i forget the actual name of that place) sandend - "sanneyn" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Menzeez for sure.Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Ah, now, there's a toughie !The shop was known as Menzees in Ayrshire, but the surname of the same spelling was prounounced Mingis in the area.A bit like Garioch - it's generally Gee-ray up here, but the guy who ran the last team I played for, Jim Garioch, announced himself as Jim Gary-och.Everyone called John Menzies menzeez, but I don't know if that was correct or just what everyone picked up. Anyone I've ever known / heard of (other than the guy John with all the shops) has been pronounced ming-ees.And Garioch is definitely gee-ray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Especially if you are buying baps.I remember Presto, but I'm a Fine Fare man really.Gateway > Fine Fare.EDIT - Arse, Alakaline beat me to it. Public humiliation. The shame. :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 i call it mingis' as a piss take. like i say "twa minty's" for a couple of minutes. anyone hate place names that are pronounced nothing like they are spelled? findochty is a fine example. or foaggy loanin's (i forget the actual name of that place) sandend - "sanneyn"Finzean is "fingin"Fuck knows how or why, but it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Everyone called John Menzies menzeez, but I don't know if that was correct or just what everyone picked up. Anyone I've ever known / heard of (other than the guy John with all the shops) has been pronounced ming-ees.And Garioch is definitely gee-ray!Garioch is actually gee-ree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Garioch is actually gee-ree.Aye - you're right. I've never said gee-ray in my life. Wisnae thinking when I typed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 That supermarket just up from the Music Hall must have been every single supermarket company ever at one point, I have no idea what it is now. An old mate of mine had his first post-school job on the tills there when it was 'Templetons'. He was working the day some guy came out of the Star and Garter and torched himself with petrol. He said the smell of burning flesh wafted right over Union Street, and he was sent on mop duties after customers were literally throwing up in the aisles.True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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