Do I remember! Of course, being the 'office type,' such 'patter' would never have crossed my lips. Another expression at the jiggin' (public dancing) was for the male to ask a prospective dancing partner, "Ur ye dancin'?' with the rejoinder, "Ur ye askin'?" If the couple hit it off, the male would then ask , "Can I gie ye a lumber?" This to mean, can I escort you home. If the 'asker' lived too far away, he'd escort his dancing partner to the tram or bus stop and progress from there, or not. Many a time, when the last bus ran at 11:00 p.m., I'd take the tramcar to Springburn then hoof it up the hill to Balornock with my 'lumber.' This seemed to discourage some 'asker,' as it meant having to catch fewer buses that ran on the hour after midnight. John Duncan, who contributed so much on this site to places and descriptions, described Glasgow as being built on drumlins, hence it was a bit of a hike up from Springburn to where I lived in Balornock, N.E. Glasgow: :::Glasgow is built on a moderately hilly landscape formed by marine deposits and some 180 drumlins, most of which are north of the Clyde with their higher sides to the north west and their 'tails' to the south-east. Its geology also includes large amounts of coal and iron ore though today the total area is primarily developed for urban use (77%) with little than 15% occupying open countryside, the smallest proportion of the 32 councils areas. Glasgow's climate, like much of the west of Scotland, is usually cloudier, slightly warmer and much wetter than the rest of Scotland. The city was extended several times to take in nearby villages and neighbourhoods. The main additions were in 1846 when Anderston, Bridgeton, Calton, Gorbals, Kelvingrove and Woodside were added to the city, in 1891 when Govanhill, Hillhead, Kelvinside, Maryhill and Pollokshields were included and in 1912 when Cathcart, Govan, Partick and Pollokshaws entered the city boundaries. Post-World War Two planning initiatives involved the creation of numerous council-owned high-rise flats on the city's outskirts, the renewal of city-centre housing and the Glasgow Overspill plan which moved several hundred thousand people to nearby New Towns, such as East Kilbride, Cumbernauld and Irvine.::: Maisie "Ah'm no' dancin' ony mair (pronounced merr) so don’t bother yer ginger askin' me!" -----Original Message----- From: Ken Mathieson via Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 12:46 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Fw: Scottish Word for Today 12.3.2015: Expressions Hi All, 'I amn't' may not be a unique Glasgow usage, but 'ahmurnae' surely is - as in the expression "ur ye gaun ra jiggin'?" - "Nawahmurnae!" Ken On 04/12/2015 20:14, Maisie Egger via wrote: > Just goes to show how insular one can be. > > The use of 'I amn't' is obviously a 'universal truth' throughout the U.K., > but totally unused, shall we say, on the other side of the Atlantic. I > have > never of the use of 'I amn't' even by 'hillbillies' who reputedly have > retained many older words and expression from the U.K., but which are no > longer used by the general population. 'I ain't' seems to cover all, and > is > used as emphasis by some standard English users. > > Thanks for broadening my 'education,' Nivard. > > Maisie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nivard Ovington via > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 11:45 AM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Fw: Scottish Word for Today 12.3.2015: Expressions > > Hi Maisie > > Not wishing to burst any bubbles but I wouldn't say amn't is specific to > Glasgow or even Scotland > > I am from Leicestershire in the Midlands and have used it all my life as > have friends and acquaintances > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 04/12/2015 19:24, Maisie Egger via wrote: >> Jose, your comment on using 'I amn't' brought back memories of when I >> took >> a class in English something or other at university. The instructor was >> a >> gentleman from the Middle East. I think I took the pins out from under >> him >> when I noted that 'I amn't' was a very common contraction in Scotland for >> 'I >> am not'. I supposed he figured he knew all that there was to know in >> contractions of the English language. >> >> Being a somewhat insulated Glaswegian, I thought 'I amn't' was >> particular >> to the No Mean City. We were definitely 'bilingual' in the use of the >> English language, such as "Gie's a dod o' paper!" Even within the >> context >> of Glesga patter, a dod of paper was not quite correct as dod more or >> less >> meant a lump of something; a sheet of paper could not be a dod...but we >> all >> knew what we meant, even the 'office types!' All in the nuance, I >> suppose. >> >> Apropos little: I once saw a movie where the spy had English down pat, >> but >> what tipped off his adversaries was how he used his knife and fork! >> >> Maisie > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. > Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the > following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. 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