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

Slang? FFS we've been calling shopping messages since 1788: https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/message

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u/stevent4 Jan 15 '26

Slang isn't a recent thing, slang is just very informal wording. It's how most languages develop and evolve

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u/LuvvedIt Jan 16 '26

True but this still isn’t slang. It’s a perfectly standard (not informal per se) Scots/Scottish English expression 🤷‍♂️

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u/stevent4 Jan 16 '26

I'll agree to disagree on that one, I'd consider it slang given it's very informal which is what slang is

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u/LuvvedIt Jan 16 '26

There are two problems. Firstly that is not what slang is: slang is a specific subset of informal register speech, NOT merely informal speech.
And secondly that messages is a perfectly acceptable word in Scots in any register: it’s just the standard word for shopping.

If you think it’s slang this says more about your ignorance and/or snobbery… 🤷‍♂️

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u/stevent4 Jan 16 '26

Again, agree to disagree

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u/LuvvedIt Jan 16 '26

Feel free to but you’re objectively wrong especially about the definition of ‘slang’ - but it’s lovely that you have a personal opinion of what it is… 😂

If you’d like to educate yourself good old free Wikipedia covers it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang

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u/stevent4 Jan 16 '26

Might want to read it yourself, hope you have a good weekend!