terms of endearment

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by realred

What terms of endearment do Scottish children call their fathers? (Example: In the U S, fathers are called, dad, daddy, pop, etc)

Would you like to know what dads call their kids?:

Stealing Watermelons
Tumshie is also a term of endearment in the Glasgow area (come here ma wee tumshie; who's her daddy's big tumshie).
This must be a French element in Scotland - one of their terms of endearment translates as "My little cabbage!"

[Celyn]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Would you like to know what dads call their kids?:

Stealing Watermelons
Tumshie is also a term of endearment in the Glasgow area (come here ma wee tumshie; who's her daddy's big tumshie).

Oh, is it? I really must visit the Glasgow area some time.

Originally Posted by Mavericker

This must be a French element in Scotland - one of their terms of endearment translates as "My little cabbage!"

Does it? Most people would say it means turnip. And I doubt whether most would see it as a term of endearment, either.

More by accident than design, I suspect, you have happened to hit upon something real - the French influence on many Scottish words, such as "ashet" plates etc.

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by Celyn

Oh, is it? I really must visit the Glasgow area some time.



Does it? Most people would say it means turnip. And I doubt whether most would see it as a term of endearment, either.

More by accident than design, I suspect, you have happened to hit upon something real - the French influence on many Scottish words, such as "ashet" plates etc.

Well I got that from another Scottish site, please correct me if I am wrong.

[Celyn]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Well I got that from another Scottish site, please correct me if I am wrong.

I think you are wrongly informed, yes. From which other site did you learn that? It might be interesting to look at that site.

[Celyn]

Here are the first four result of searching for "Glasgow discussion forum". Was it any of those who told the the thing about "tumshie"?

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[aNonnyMoose]

As Celyn points out, tumshie means turnip, and any Scot would know that. I suggest you visit actual Scottish sites, as opposed to American sites where one or two people may have faint Scots ancestry, but know next to nothing about Scotland itself other than fancy or imagination supplies.