Scottish Words

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I'll be mine,
And we'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.

We twa hae paidl'd in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin auld lang syne.

And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne

Meanings

auld lang syne - times gone by
be - pay for
braes - hills
braid - broad
burn - stream
dine - dinner time
fiere - friend
fit - foot
gowans - daisies
guid-willie waught - goodwill drink
monie - many
morning sun - noon
paidl't - paddled
pint-stowp - pint tankard
pou'd - pulled
twa - two

 

They are largely interchangeable...a numpty is generally a slightly less dangerous idiot than a bampot.

 

HOW TO SPEAK SCOTTISH ACCENT!

 

You speaka my language?....LOL... @Joe Riley that's got to be the worst attempt at Scottish accents in that video I've ever heard

I'm Scottish born and raised...

 

Of course, the flip side of this is the Sean Connery approach, whereby everyone from a New York cop to a Russian submarine commander growls away in an Edinburgh accent.

 

"It's a brau, bricht, moonlicht nicht."

Hal

 

Good try...it's actually.... “It’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht”

 

Although I am Scot-Irish, I say speak english, dang it.

 

How about a Black man saying that.



2 minutes in.

 

there's plenty Black Scotsmen who could say it...

 

Not in 1956

 

yes but then only lord Rockingham and co put Harry Lauders words to music..back then..I was just born, and I've said that phrase all my life at various times, and I'm sure everyone who is a Scot has said it more than once..probably many times, if only in jest..

 

OK my point was in 1956 they used a black man to stop racism in music to intergrate the black people

 

I think slang phrases and words is what gives a language character. I don't know who made the rules centuries ago. Maybe the way considered 'proper' is wrong.