tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post8616798249731789480..comments2024-02-12T01:41:02.756-08:00Comments on I'migrant: English ain't de only language: Gyaffneena maiya (guyana gyal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-6665030666021770772021-04-18T09:43:50.996-07:002021-04-18T09:43:50.996-07:00Living in Scotland, married to a Scottish wife, sh...Living in Scotland, married to a Scottish wife, she is always coming out with words I swear she is making up, but she swears they are good Scots words and she's been using them all her life.<br />I was even bought a Scots-English dictionary once.<br />But having lived here for a few decades, I have adopted many Scots words into my everyday language that bring me strange looks when I head into Englandshire to see my father or siblings.<br />Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-41786990444404730982021-03-23T08:00:02.663-07:002021-03-23T08:00:02.663-07:00Child, don't you speak Strine? hehehe. It soun...Child, don't you speak Strine? hehehe. It sounds like a totally different language to me. Took me forever to figure out what "neegadivoine" was. Negative ion. <br /><br />:-D <br /><br />:-D <br /><br />:-D<br /><br />Garbo. Fisho. Scomo.<br /><br />I love it!!neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-71180977927313241092021-03-23T07:54:35.931-07:002021-03-23T07:54:35.931-07:00Joey, 'can't be arsed' makes me grin t...Joey, 'can't be arsed' makes me grin too!<br /><br />My former neighbour, who grew up in England and moved back to Guyana, says things like 'knackered' and 'chuffed'. <br /><br />When I'm tired, I say, I'm pooped. :-D Think I got it from an Aussie, though I don't know if it's an Aussie thing.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-25803167258553706912021-03-20T14:38:31.510-07:002021-03-20T14:38:31.510-07:00English is emphatically NOT the only language. To...English is emphatically NOT the only language. To my shame it is the only one I speak though I have some words from other languages - and am happy to learn more.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163217348051711794.post-77766089966129530372021-03-20T14:06:51.075-07:002021-03-20T14:06:51.075-07:00I think the one Brits say that makes me grin is &q...I think the one Brits say that makes me grin is "Can't be arsed" when you can't be bothered to do something and of course "knackered" when you are tired. LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.com