Get your Glasgow patter ready for 6 Music
24 March 2017
When were getting ready to come to Glasgow for the , they called up linguistic expert Susie Dent to get the lowdown on the local lingo. Susie consulted with Scottish pals at the Oxford English dictionary before telling Mark and Stuart about her favourites.
Countdown's Susie Dent gives us a crash course in Glaswegian slang ahead of the 6 Music Festival
Including splendid phrases such as βyour bum's out the window.β
But while Susie's done a great job, she's missed a few of our favourites.
Drookit
Let's be honest, Scotland's not famed for sunshine, so there's quite a few Scots words for bad weather.
Michelle McManus likes drookit, which means wet.
(But looking at the forecast, 6 Music might see this weekend...)
Stramash
Gavin Hastings thinks stramash is a Scots words perfectly suited to the rough and tumble of the rugby field.
But it’s also one that can be applied to a rowdy Glasgow crowd.
Clootie whit?
Music might be the food of love, but you’ll also need to eat some actual food.
In order to help you decipher the menus, Michelin-starred chef Tom Kitchin runs through the classics, from cock-a-leekie to clootie dumping...
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