30 Mar
2005
30 Mar
'05
11:31 p.m.
On 31/03/2005, at 3:29 AM, gordonjcp at gjcp.net wrote:
Well that explains it. When I was last in Edinburgh I dropped into a
pub (it was a hot day) and had an entertaining discussion with a local
(I didn't understand a word). Apparently (according to the barman) he
was offering to buy me a drink and got slightly annoyed that I didn't
appear to want to accept. Just a simple language problem...
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On 30/03/2005, at 6:01 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
The film is set in Edinburgh, and most of the actors are from
Edinburgh.
The people from the, uhm, less salubrious parts of Edinburgh (most of
it,
really) have a particularly impenetrable accent. Doubtless from the Scots word
"cludgie", meaning outside toilet.
Since we don't have those any more, it refers to any rather squalid
toilet - think about the bookmaker scene in Trainspotting.
You mean you actually understand the dialog in Trainspotting - my
housekeeper who originally comes from Glasgow admits she can't
understand much of the dialog :-)