Hello from the Granite City

[Westmarcher]

Never understood where that comes form???

Scotland?

[Ithoriel]

Never understood where that comes form???

How no?

Fit Like is more of a Fifer thingy, just across the water from me in Boanie Dundee (Sunshine Capital of Scotland).

Ye ken fit they say aboot Fifers dunt ye? Shoart Aerms and deep pockets!

I've only ever heard "fit like" said seriously by Aberdonians. Often "Fit like loon?" (or "Fit like quine?" to a woman)

As a Fifer who lived in Yorkshire for four years I'd say the two have much in common:

    "Hear all, see all, say nowt! Eat all, drink all, pay nowt!"

Scottish dialects are hard to understand? Aye, right! Naw they're no!

[getagrip]

Scotland?

How no?

No-one can bloody explain it though

[Ithoriel]

No-one can bloody explain it though

What's to explain? It's what's said. It's no more or less sensible than the assemblage of sounds that make up "why not?" or "pourquois pas?"

[getagrip]

What's to explain? It's what's said. It's no more or less sensible than the assemblage of sounds that make up "why not?" or "pourquois pas?"

Don't agree; the dialect uses two words, which Scottish people otherwise use accurately, in an inaccurate way.

That makes it worthy of an explanation.  I take your point though that such an explanation may be lost in time

[SV52]

Don't agree; the dialect uses two words, which Scottish people otherwise use accurately, in an inaccurate way.

That makes it worthy of an explanation.  I take your point though that such an explanation may be lost in time

You make a massive assumption and generalisation that all Scots speak or use the same dialect.  That is far from the case, just as it is in the rest of the UK; e.g. where I hail from 'How no?' isn't used, rather 'Whit wye no?'

[Ithoriel]

Don't agree; the dialect uses two words, which Scottish people otherwise use accurately, in an inaccurate way.

... and there's your problem

"Scottish people" speak several different dialects and those (mainly those from the West Coast/ Glasgow) who say "how?" or "how no?" will use that form all or most of the time.

Some of us may use the term for effect, of course.

Particularly when talking to Weegies or English people

[getagrip]

You make a massive assumption and generalisation that all Scots speak or use the same dialect.  That is far from the case, just as it is in the rest of the UK; e.g. where I hail from 'How no?' isn't used, rather 'Whit wye no?'

Yeah, did come across like that.

Some of the Scots I've met say it and I'm curious as to why?

[FierceKitty]

I wish someone would give me a hint how to let my Glaswegian colleague know that I have no @#%$% interest in metaphysics, Theosophy, the international mega-industrial-military conspiracy, or Chinese herbalism. Plain statement doesn't have any effect, and satire passes unnoticed by that deadly Scottish earnestness.
I don't want to offend him, but if I have to ride the coach back to town once more with a near-unintelligible Celt gibbering in my ear about how much more sense the world will make to me when I give up logic, I may have a Haggicide on my conscience.

[getagrip]

... and there's your problem

"Scottish people" speak several different dialects and those (mainly those from the West Coast/ Glasgow) who say "how?" or "how no?" will use that form all or most of the time.

Some of us may use the term for effect, of course.

Particularly when talking to Weegies or English people

Yeah, get it completely but it's a very strange grammatical construct.

[SV52]

I've just realised that as this discussion (no matter how interesting it may be) has nothing to do with the OP, it's a bit of a hijack so no more from me

[Ithoriel]

Logic, FK, is much overrated. It is the attempt to overlay structure and meaning on a world that is random and chaotic, to construct a framework with which to navigate the nothingness and void that is existence ....

WILL YOU SHUT THE F**K UP YOU WEEGIE TOSSER!!! <glasgow kiss>

That should do it

[getagrip]

Logic, FK, is much overrated. It is the attempt to overlay structure and meaning on a world that is random and chaotic, to construct a framework with which to navigate the nothingness and void that is existence ....

WILL YOU SHUT THE F**K UP YOU WEEGIE TOSSER!!! <glasgow kiss>

That should do it

If that's not a hijack I don't know what is

[Ithoriel]

Oh ... wait ... this is an introduction thread .... err ... Hi Jack!

[vladdd309]

Thanks for the welcomes everyone!

And thanks for letting me know the standard of banter your get on here!