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Re: Fed up

Ms Brush - just youse mind ye dinnae get yer whiskers split by ma stature - ye'll be wannerin aroon wi a pair o watterin eyes fer while.

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Re: Bissum.................

Normally goes with "Cheeky wee Bissum" as you well know, perthshire I think, I know it was used by my father quite a lot when refering to my mum along with "whihst ye wee bletherheid"

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Re: Bissum.................

My mother's family came from Ascog on Bute and I remember her siter calling her daughters wee bissum's many a time. Oh for those gentler times................/forums/images/icons/crazy.gif

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Re: Bissum.................

So - wid they be heather bissums, fer tae sweep ra hoos? Or is there anither kind o' bissum?

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West Coast Parlance

Ah my mother called my sister a "cheeky wee besom... "for my brothers and me she reverted to "cheeky wee s*ites".

Its definately the air up here....

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Re: Bissum.................

I stand corrected regarding the spelling, I believe Mr Beaton's 'besom' has a correct ring about it.

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Re: Bissum.................

I've never actually seen it written down, just heard it a million times, mine was a phonetic spelling.

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Rhett Oracle question

How do you spell phonetic?

I spell:

P for phonetic
H for hon
O for one
N for net
E for baa gum
T for tic
I for the little tank engine
C for sailing

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Re: West Coast Parlance

Myself an my brothers were generally referred to as 'wee scunners'.....................eh? whit, it wisnae me, an anyhow ah wisnae the only wan.

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