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Old 18th April 2006, 21:31
Mavericker Mavericker is offline
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Do all Scottish youths use the same slang that is used in Scotland, regardless of their ethnic or cultural persuasion?
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Old 19th April 2006, 21:37
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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.
They don't use the slang that other Scottish youths use?
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Old 20th April 2006, 00:30
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Do the black kids use the same Scottish slang that the white ones use?
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Old 20th April 2006, 14:15
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Rhyming joke

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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
I know a joke that uses rhyming slang...

What`s the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney?



Answers on a postcard please...
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Old 20th April 2006, 15:57
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According to the Scottish population census of 2001, blacks make up about 1% of the total population.
I was in Edinburgh, which is, I'm pretty certain, one of the most cosmopolitan places in Scotland, and I don't think I saw a single black person. Asians yes, but blacks no.
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Old 20th April 2006, 16:20
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I know a joke that uses rhyming slang...

What`s the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney?



Answers on a postcard please...
Bing sings but Walt ....Disney
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Old 21st April 2006, 03:58
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Bing sings but Walt ....Disney
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