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Old 25th March 2006, 07:30
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Could you please post some terms?
Are you asking for rhyming slang?
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Old 27th March 2006, 17:52
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Like I said earlier, Scots don't seem to have the hang of rhyming slang. While proper rhyming slang abbreviates the phrase, e.g. Porkie or Seppo for Pork pie (lie) and Septic tank (Yank), Scots tend to retain the full phrase, or even produce pseudo-rhyming slang, like Cherry Menthol for "mental".

Here's a couple of examples (I'm having trouble thinking of specifically Scottish ones) -
Jambos - Jam Tarts - Hearts - Heart of Midlothian FC
Wine and Grape - Pape - Papist
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Old 31st March 2006, 00:03
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Are you asking for rhyming slang?
Yes, Scottish rhyimng slang.
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Old 7th April 2006, 00:16
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Do the black youths in Scotland have they're own slang?
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Old 7th April 2006, 01:18
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There are no "black youths" in Scotland - well, not enough to have any sort of unique speech pattern anyway. (I suppose some weirdo will next say that Asians are "black").
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Old 12th April 2006, 01:21
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There are no "black youths" in Scotland - well, not enough to have any sort of unique speech pattern anyway. (I suppose some weirdo will next say that Asians are "black").
According to the Scottish population census of 2001, blacks make up about 1% of the total population.
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Old 12th April 2006, 17:11
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Do the black youths in Scotland have they're own slang?
No.

Except the stuff that they copy from America, and there's a lot more whites that do that.

We don't have many black (i.e. negroid) people in Scotland. More South Asian.
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