More help with Scots and Scots Gaelic slang

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by Polwarth

We can only judge you by past performance.
This is POSITIVELY my last post to you. If any of the other Scots, the nicer, more evenly tempered ones want to engage with you, mair po'er tae thur elbows.

Hi Polwarth. I hope you get the Pm I sent you. I don't remember what I did that made you so angry, but I am sincerely sorry-I wish you the best and have a nice life.

[kathyv]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Thank you. Do Scotspeople still use these terms?

FYI, Dutch and Cockney AREN'T Scots!

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by kathyv

FYI, Dutch and Cockney AREN'T Scots!

Hi-do you know what terms I can use?

[Scottish_Republican]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Thank you. Do Scotspeople still use these terms?

No more than other English speakers.

Boss is a lot more common in the USA and South Africa. Wido gets used in England and Australia a lot.

[Mavericker]

Thank you.

[Mavericker]

Hi. A friend just told me:

tossich - in gaelic, as in the PM of Ireland. This also shows shows up in the surname McIntosh - mhic fear n´an tossich - in word order, son + man + head meaning the son of the head guy. OT - there is a related Spanish title (similar to gentleman in the English class system) and surname, it is the contraction "hidalgo" from "hijo de algo", in other words, while you are really a nobody, you are the sone of somebody, sort of a señor by courtesy but not in law.

heiheidyin - in Scots (high head one),

[Celyn]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Hi. A friend just told me:

tossich - in gaelic, as in the PM of Ireland. This also shows shows up in the surname McIntosh - mhic fear n´an tossich - in word order, son + man + head meaning the son of the head guy. OT - there is a related Spanish title (similar to gentleman in the English class system) and surname, it is the contraction "hidalgo" from "hijo de algo", in other words, while you are really a nobody, you are the sone of somebody, sort of a señor by courtesy but not in law.

heiheidyin - in Scots (high head one),

I shouldn't bother to take any more advice from your friend, if I were you.

... tossich - in gaelic, as in the PM of Ireland
...

Did your friend mean "Taoiseach", perhaps? It's a bit of a guess, but it might be what your friend meant, assuming, of course, that your friend had never seen the word written down and never heard it spoken. In no way is it pronounced"tossich", although I begin to think this might be a fun new word to use sometimes.