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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 90 points 1 year ago (8 children)
[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 189 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I gotcha fam, I got this shit

"I was standing next to a goth at a crosswalk and they opened their umbrella and I literally shit myself thinking this person was turning into a bat."

No cap I think that's it

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shat is the past tense of the verb to shit, methinks

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While technically correct, when it comes to translating slang things become more art than science.

The goal is to evoke the same feeling and imagery.

Like how I changed "Honestly" to "Literally". Both are English but over here we don't use "Honestly" like that so the word "Literally" was a better choice.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

For us old fogeys, literally still means without metaphor, so someone who literally shit the bed actually soiled their bedsheets leaving a mess for maid service, as opposed to figuratively making a mess in an other situation.

Honest, honest Iago just looked like a reliable friend who tells the truth and intends no harm. Politicians are honest. My weather station, when properly calibrated, is truthful in that it reports accurate facts.

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But literally literally means figuratively these days

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And honestly honestly can mean figuratively as well

Words are weird yo

Definitions shifting and twisting over time is honestly so damn cool though, and common spellings falling out of favor for different ones is also pretty cool

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The speed with which words change these days is dizzying, it’s honestly making my head literally spin

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language

English-like, not strictly English. The line is generally pretty blurry in the modern day

[–] sparkle@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The original post is NOT Scots, please don't spread misinformation about the language more than internet people already have. Scots writing looks way different than this. The post is just English with some of the words being spelled eye-dialecty.

Among other things, you can tell by all the English words like "standing", "light", "thought", which would be "staun(d)in", "licht", and "thocht" in Scots (although "standing" could probably be used too). Reading the Scots Wikipedia page in Scots should make it obvious

Relevant Scots drama from a few years back

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No lie.

Capping as in teasing you with a fib, or commenting on how fat your mama is. Zoomer-Alpha slang.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Oh, well in that case, no cap....

Because my mama ate it all

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

The bat? I became lost some time ago.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Defs no cap.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I's Bri'ish, ri'en foanettically, rye?

Pe'haps "Shet Maahsel" is maw clee?

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's Scottish English. Don't call a Scottish person English, they might take offence.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

That is what we call a "significant faux pas" in the industry

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago

See dah's wye aye sèh Bri'ish, i's inkloosiv wen a mnoh shoah witch country i's from

[–] Theme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Scottish is British, they didn't call them English

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Until the blighters start to demand independence like the Irish I'm gonna call them English and they can pound sand.

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't have any money just take the wallet!

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Mazel tov to you too!

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The "a" makes me think Scottish.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 8 points 1 year ago

This is definitely someone from around the Glasgow area

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[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 year ago

Shat myself

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 11 points 1 year ago

Dinnae fash yersel, it's jist a wee blether.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's OP's friend. Shat Masel is always thinking the most outlandish things.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

highlandish things

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"...and I honestly shat myself thinking..." Also "goth" can be a goth, emo, metal head, or other adjacent subculture.. I'm not really sure what the deal with goths in Scotland is.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Living in perpetual rain fog and twilight does that with you

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have to read it with an Irish accent to understand the post.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scottish works better, no?

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably, but I can't do a good enough one in my head.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just default to Fat Bastard.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice, I helped!

Did you know that Random Task, the guy who throws the shoe, is in prison probably for life for torture, sexual assault, and murder? If not, here’s an unfun fact!

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That escalated from accents quickly.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I posted some bullshit before editing myself to include my stupid factoid! …D;

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably voice recognition. "Shat myself"

Punctuation would be nice too.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

people purposely dont use punctuation to show tone

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 1 year ago

showing tone is pretty much the entire point of punctuation

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

scots or scottish english maybe

[–] Leah96xxx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Yep, it's Scots, or at least mostly

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

read it out loud

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 28 points 1 year ago

Scottish people have the best way of talking. We need more Scottish speaking people in this world.

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

There was a bunch of goths used to hang about outside Argos in Stirling and the locals called them The Argoths

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