I don't think it has appeared on here before.
The author has made a pretty good stab at Campbeltown--eese!
But there are a lot more saying and expressions.....................emdy?
emdy got anything to add?
Campbeltownese for Beginners
A handy guide for tourists and Sassenach persons
from
John McIntyre
ACH! AWA' - Really? I am very dubious.
YE WEE SCUNNER. - I am displeased with your actions.
SHE'S A BAD WEE BISUM. - The lady is of questionable character.
EEZAFFA YONACH. - This man is not eligible for "University Challenge".
GIRAFFE. - That is my seat you are occupying, sir.
GERRON. - Why are you hesitating to board?
IT GIES ME THE BUNYEUCH. - This does not quite suit my sophisticated tastes.
OH! GYAADDZZ! - One has trodden in something malodorous.
AH'VE STEPPED IN KEECH!. - There are many dog-droppings extant.
YE WEE NYAFF. - Your IQ is somewhat lower than your age.
SA WIL'NIGHT. - The evening is blustery, is it not?
'SWIL'AN'COWLD. - The temperature is dropping exponentially.
THAT'S A WIL' WEAN. - Your child is a tad fractious.
THAT DUG'S WIL' AN' TAME. - The canine is in no way aggressive.
OH! IZZAT NO' WIL'? - I am dismayed by your news.
YE GIED ME A WIL' FLEG! - I was startled by your unexpected arrival.
AHM IN A WIL' FRUICH. - I am totally enervated by the situation.
QUIT BREENGIN' ABOOT. - Be more careful where you place your feet.
GIE 'IM A SARAXER! - Strike him a severe buffet on the cranium.
'EEZ PROKIN THROUGH THE BROCK. - The indigent is searching the detritus.
AWA AN' BILE YER HEID. - You premise is without foundation.
YER AFFA PEELY-WALLY. - Your colouring is less than rosy.
SHE'S AY' GIRNIN'. - Her disposition is on the sombre side.
AHM NO' FASHED. - I can take it or leave it, really.
EEZ FULL AS A WILK. - Fifteen whiskies was more than sufficient.
'E FELL IN THE SHEUCH. - The poor chap tripped, landing in the gutter
GEROOTA RERR. - That, Sir, is reserved seating.
'EEZ GAN TAE THE BUROO. - Your parent is seeking welfare payments.
HOWLD YER WHEEESHT! - A period of silence would be efficacious.
GIES A JEELY PEECE, MAMMY. - May I have some bread and jam, Mater?
'SONLY THE BACK-LANSMAN. - I'm sorry, only the outside crust remains.
'SGEY DRIECH. - The weather is less than amiable.
'SONLY SMIRRH. - Building an Ark is an over-reaction.
AH WIZ UP AT THE SKRAICHS. - I will kill that bloody milkman.
THAT WEE BACHLE - She will never cross my doorstep.
GEEZRABA'. - Please propel the football in my direction.
EZAFFAWIL'. - Your child has delinquent tendencies.
AHM COCHLIN THE NIGHT. - I have an extremely interesting rendezvous this evening.
EZAFFA ROON-FITTIT. - The child has severe co-ordination difficulties.
HOWLD YER HORSES - Please take no precipitate action.
AWAOOTATHIS! - Your tale simply beggars belief.
GINYEDAR. - Just see the trouble that gets you into.
'EEZAWEEFREE. - He worships at the Protestant church
'EEZAFFA GLAIKIT. - His grasp of complex reasoning is defective. -
'EEZ FURIVVER MOOGERIN' ABOOT. - He is somewhat less than upbeat.
WEEL AHM JEEGERED. - Do tell! I am totally stunned!
PIT TUMSHIE INNIT. - Thicken the soup with turnip.
OCH! THAT'S MINGIN'. - That fish has a pervasive odour of decay.
AHM FAIR PUGGLED. - I have over-taxed my corporeal capacity.
MA EYESUR MAKIN' BUTTONS. - I have strained my ocular musculature
AH PIT MA FIT IN THE CHANTY. - One inadvertently stepped in the under-bed toilet receptacle.
CUMONGERRAFF. - Sir, you are hindering passengers from boarding the omnibus.
'EBROCKEZ CAIRRY-OOT. - Sadly, my friend sat on the libation secreted in his back pocket.
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DISCLAIMER
The authors will accept no responsibility for errors or mis-understandings arising from use of this compendium.
Any and all complaints will be answered with the same response, viz.:-
Stickitupyerjumper, Sassenach!
This volume was sponsored by the Committee for fostering better relations between Campbeltonians and those unfortunate enough to be foreigners.
The Toon Cooncil.
April 1999.
Copyright ….John McIntyre
May 1999.
