#22

It’s come up a couple of times with Aussies from work, but I don’t know where they got it from. I just assumed it was an Australian thing. Aw, jings!

#23

I like it when the bus stops at The Old Vic theatre and the robotic voice calls it with this distinct sense of nostalgia, as if she’d spent a great portion of her youth treading the stage there and was thinking what could have been.

It sort of goes ‘The Ooold Vic’. Boy, I’ve got tales I could tell you about that place.

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#24

Matt has a Swedish friend who calls him ‘chicken’ :heart:

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#25

like it when people use my name, used to make me cringe but now I’m like “aww they’re talking about me!”

#30

“Jings, crivvens, help ma boab” is the full Scottish saying and I’ve never realised how utterly ridiculous it sounds until now

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#31

I think it comes from the Oor Wullie comics now that I think about it

#32

Thought jings was a fairly well known clichéd Scottish-ism like the noo. Maybe I’ve just listened to too much Hamish & Dougal

#33

I enjoy English people that say medicine like med-sin with 2 syllables.

#34

It is a very old lady thing to say but I think it might be coming back into fashion.

#36

Nee bother, pet x

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#37

Big fan of pet. I use it quite a lot

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#39

I’ve returned from a long weekend visiting relatives in Newcastle today. I love pet. I am now determined to continue to use pet as my general catch all term of affection.

Wife - pet
Kids - pet
Dog - pet
Cat - pet
Wider family and friends - pet
Work colleagues - maybe not.

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#40

fancy a drink?

#41

actually the second i posted that i thought to myself ‘yeah i do’ so i messaged the tv ‘fancy a drink?!’ so we’re off for a drink. good work me! :grinning:

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#42

I now christen it my favourite Scottish-ism

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#43

I have work colleagues that I would call pet, but i undesirables this isn’t the case with everyone

#44

I would happily have used it with past work colleagues. However, I’m currently working out my notice in my current job. It might seem a bit odd to start using pet in that context.

#45

Undesirables? Understand!

#46

Eh say what you want then

#47

I like it when people say undesirables instead of understand.

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