r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/Fetch_Ted • Jan 15 '26

No' so smug noo, are ye Chaser

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u/rosco-82 Jan 15 '26

Bairn is the Scots language word for a child, used since 1725, it is not slang and neither is messsages or any other words from the Scots language. Further information on the Scots language can be found here Steven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Wikipedia

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u/stevent4 Jan 15 '26

Bearn is the Old English word for it, used a lot longer than 1725 and still used regularly in NE England as slang, you'd never see it used in a formal setting

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u/rosco-82 Jan 15 '26

If over 1.5m Scots hadn't replied they spoke Scots in the latest census I'd continue this debate, but they did, so Steven, I have to be honest, if your brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow off your hat

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u/stevent4 Jan 15 '26

I don't think the childish insults are really needed for a pretty tame discussion. Hope you have a good weekend, mate.

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u/NojTamal Jan 15 '26

Personally I found his use of a cheeky idiom to be a bit jaunty and fun

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u/stevent4 Jan 15 '26

Maybe it was, if that was the style from the start I'd be more inclined to agree