As Ella, my fellow Glaswegian (or Weegie) noted, we say he was "gie'in' it laldy." This could be putting one's full effort into it, or if one was mad at someone, then one would give that person a good telling off, with no misunderstanding that one was very much annoyed. There is no definition for laldy in the Twentieth Century Chambers Dictionary, printed in Edinburgh, I have; however, in the "cheap-o" Concise Scots Dictionary, the meaning is given as punishment, beating. There is no etymology for the word, or usage for another favourite word across the pond: eejit, idgit, for idiot, used especially in Scotland and Ireland, and again, not to be found in a "regular" dictionary. Nowhere would one find these words in basic BDM or census docs., of course, but perhaps in someone's colourful family tree narrative. My aunt used to refer to one of her aunts as a bad midden. I have her thus defined in my family tree notes! Again, a midden was the big receptacle for trash and ashes from the fireplaces found in the back courts of tenements, like a dumpster or tip. The connotation of calling a woman a midden or bad midden did not mean that she was dirty or slovenly, however, but that she was just a yappy, royal pain in the bahoochey, negative, interfering person...a pure midden! Maisie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian A McClumpha" <[email protected]> To: "'Bishop David Murray'" <[email protected]>; "'Wigtown List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] laldy > Certainly round about Dumfries although we are more likely to say "giving > it > Laldy" > > Best wishes > > Ian A McClumpha > > Need help with your Scottish Family History research? Let Imchad Ancestry > assist you. Please look at our website: www.imchad.freeola.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bishop David > Murray > Sent: 13 November 2010 11:05 > To: Wigtown List > Subject: [WIG LIST] laldy > > Greetings to all Wigtownshire language specialists, > I was doing a wee bit of piping at a church fete today and a Scot (ex > Glasgow region) who heard me reported to his (Scottish) wife when he got > home, "David is playing his pipes down at the church fete and he's doing > it > laldy (or laldie)". > > Is this expression still around in Scotland? > > ... David Murray, Perth, Western Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message