*toots bagpipe*

mate am genuinely jus here for a laff x

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[infectiouspiss]

those two scottish cunts are mad for walking 500 miles and then 500 more but when you think about how much an uber costs they start talking sense

[byjove]

[byjove]

deep-fried Mars bar helped Robert the Bruce sustain troop morale while fighting the English

[byjove]

be careful what flies you swat in Dornoch Firth

[infectiouspiss]

those two scottish cunts are mad for walking 500 miles and then 500 more but when you think about how much an uber costs they start talking sense

[radicalgraff]

Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland

[boybeetles]

Someone in Glasgow please go see this for me pls. I will be there in spirit 🙏

[tinyglowingsharks]

Brief report from the flute accompaniment:

It went well! At least 100 people attended, families dogs a solid portion of Glasgow's trans community. There was a really lovely atmosphere, nice weather and a very cheerful celebratory vibe.

After short speeches from the ballhaver and the large dyke (my wife), the ballhaver was given a chupa chup and blindfolded (execution style). The balls were then duly kicked; it made a surprisingly loud dull thumping sound. She fell to the ground to loud cheers and there was a moment of silence while Taps played on the flute. The large dyke wore solovair urban hikers.

[butch-bear-arcadia]

Account from the Large Dyke.

Arrived early to find the crowd already gathering, so the kick got off to a prompt start. Following some introductions from everybody and some cheery folk music from our flautist (my wife!) we got on with the kick.

I think we got good contact, the top of my boot making a good solid noise on impact. Very good atmosphere all round, people stayed to chat for a while. Were it not January it would have been an excellent opportunity for a picnic.

10/10 queer event, would happily kick anybody in the balls in the name of community.

[scottish]

Merry Xmas to those who celebrate

[tsundernova]

Domestic dispute in public

[ayeforscotland]

Gaidhlig and Scots become official languages in Scotland today with the Scottish Languages Act coming into force after it was voted on back in June.

Key parts of the legislation includes the right for parents to request Gaelic schools for their local area, and will help with standardisation of language teaching across the board.

Good signs for the future. In the future would be very interested to see parents (and everyone else) getting access to the same learning materials so they can learn alongside their kids.

[shofarsogood]

Congratulations, Scotland!!!

[ratantics]

[passionpeachy]

an ode to nessie

[scottish]

She’s turnt the wains against us

[parakeet]

I’m learning from my Scot’s dialect dictionary

[scottish]

Hi! I have a weird question and dunno where/ who else to ask (don't have reddit)

I'm writing a Call of Duty Modern Warfare I| fanfic. As you probably know,

one of the main characters has a thick Scottish accent and uses Scots as well.

I did check the dialogue I wrote for accuracy but I still feel weird about it.

Is it fine for someone who's not even a native English speaker to use Scots rather heavy-handedly to fit the character?

And would you kindly tag @20sturnedmeemo-punk on the reply? (sideblog, don’t wanna reveal main…)

Firstly, I wouldn't say it's wrong to try and incorporate scots slang and jargon into you works if you want to. HOWEVER.

From my personal experience reading fanfiction (oh, to admit to my sins). It's hard to write convincing organic scottish dialogue, especially if you're not scottish. The way we speak is... hard to emulate. I personally would rather not read fics where they do this as I find it kind of immersion breaking, even moreso if the writing is wrong or inconsistent with the usage of the slang.

I hope that's not too much of a debbie downer. I think... Maybe non scottish people won't be bothered by it as much if at all though...?Maybe you should get someone who's scottish to beta read it ?

Fellow scottish fanfiction readers PLEASE chime in on this one in the replies.

@20sturnedmeemo-punk

[ayeforscotland]

This is the funniest tweet I’ve ever seen.

[thelazyaesthetic]

Dude, you can’t just post this without showing what that guy casually described as “a plate of fish and chips”

[ratpatooie]

6 chip twat

[ratpatooie]

this is like the scottish version of that pretentious brooklyn bbq place that gave you 3 ribs and a pickle

[cipheramnesia]

I’m very much enjoying every possibility which could have led to this picture:

went somewhere and paid an extortionate fee for fish n chips fusion and decided to share it with Twitter

made some fish n chips at home then decided to put it on a nice plate before sharing with Twitter

got a normal amount of fish n chips from a normal place but then at home decided to put it on a nice plate and left out a bunch of the chips because he thought it looked nice for Twitter

is on a trendy diet and so he only eats that many chips and decided to share it with Twitter

And, my personal favorite, plus what I think really happened: he got a normal amount of fish n chips from a normal place to post a photo about what a regular normal guy he is, after which there was an ENORMOUSLY lengthy argument about how to stage the photo and how many chips to put in and the end result you see posted to Twitter is a picture of some very cold, gross fish n chips which have been workshopped to death.

[anais-ninja-bitch]

oh, it’s worse than that. see that little design at the 1 o'clock position on the plate?

that’s official government dishware. this was a plate served to him at some official function, so british TAXPAYERS paid an extortionate fee for this scottish tory 6 chip twat’s fish n chips fusion, and he decided to post it on twitter to show off.

[cipheramnesia]

what a complete fucking knob

[demohedrogon]

There is just so much in this post, everytime I scrolled down it just went places. I was expecting a huge plate of chips and two deep fryed battered cods and just lost with the “more chips than brain cells” then.. then I saw the plate.

[need-a-new-reality]

Me before seeing the picture: People should learn to ignore Internet trolls instead of highlighting their immaturity.

Me after seeing the picture: wow fuck that guy.

[scottish]

I don’t often have much Scottish stuff to post so this will do. Scottish band I saw in a pub like ten years ago. Only 14 listeners on Spotify…. But this song slaps imo so I want to share