Wha Bohked in the Aspadeestra? E-Book

Norman Watson

• Herausgeber: Luath Press
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 23

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

Strap on yir seatbelts for a brah an' bumpy ride alang eviry twist an' turn o' the Dundonese dehelict. From the vehrus to the V&Eh, from matteramonial matters to shoppin' – and never forgetting pehzn beans an' pehzn peas – Wha Bohked in the Aspadeestra? is a delightful slice of the Tayside pie. Peppered with Bob Dewar's quirky illustrations and salted with Norman Watson's tongue-in-cheek translations, this wee gem of a book will resonate with Dundonians and their kin the world over.

Leseprobe

DR NORMAN WATSON was a journalist with The Courier in Dundee for 25 years and wrote more than 5,000 news features for the paper. He remains a Courier columnist and is now publishing giant DC Thomson’s company historian.

An award-winning author, his books include the bestselling Dundee: A Short History (2006), The Biography of William McGonagall (2010), the internationally acclaimed Dundee Dicshunury (2012) and Eh Hud Ma Ehe on a Peh (2016).

As a historian he has co-curated major exhibitions in Dundee, London and Edinburgh and in 2006 was invited to open the Scottish Parliament’s first-ever public exhibition.

First published 2022

ISBN 978-1-80425-076-1

The author’s right to be identified as author of this book under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 has been asserted.

Typeset in Freight Text Pro and Brando Sans by

Main Point Books, Edinburgh

© Norman Watson 2022

Contents

Introduction

Pehzn Beans an’ Pehzn Peas

Lockdoon & the Vehrus

Oot an’ Aboot

The V&Eh

Ut Wir Denner

Wurds on Weather

Matteramonial Matters

Domestic Bliss

Shoppin’

Nustalja’s No’ Whut Ut Yasti Be

Politics

Introduction

ATWEEN YOU AN’ Eh, mair sayings in the Dundee Mither Tongue taks iz up the Blackie an’ doon the Hackie tae rediscover the very best o’ wir local lingo.

So buck’l up and strap on yir seatbelts for a brah an’ bumpy ride alang eviry twist an’ turn o’ the Dundonese dehelict.

The baith o’ wiz will meet Shuggie and Dod and dip intae the murky waters of politics, the vehrus, the V&Eh an’ the peh-eatin’ democracy we a’ ken uz Dundee.

As iywiz, thur’s nae offence meant tae naebody. Pehzn beans an’ pehzn peas. Maist o’ wiz ur here – pehs furuz a’.

Pehzn Beans an’ Pehzn Peas

Hing on a meenit. Whurz the peh stahll?

Are there no pies here?

S’um’teen y’ve hud arriddy

Don’t be greedy

Pehs ryhme wi’ supplehs!

Poetry in motions

Pehs fur baith the twa o’ wiz – frehd – fur wir ileevinses

The usual, please

Meet iz ut the half-oor wi’ the pehs

Can you bring along lunch at half-past?

Bridies an’ pehs, ony sehze – doon peymints requehred

Dundee shop sign

M’oota the peh cupboard yi hungry wee tyke

Can’t you wait till dinner, Jonny?

Eh’ve hud some pehs in meh time

I don’t mince my words about pies

Surprehse, surprehse – pehs ur ubtainable on tick

Peh-ment facilities are available

Cahld pehs ur oor restchirint spaishulty

A Dundee treat for gourmets

Thur swahrmin’ like flehs roon’ the Swahlly-a-Peh-Hale Competeeshun

Entries closed!

Speshulehsed subjict is peh-crusts

Hugh’s ready for Mastermind and Bake-Off

Furra baker he’s got a fingur in ivry peh

The power of the Dundee pie

Twa millyinairre shortbreids an’ a peh, please

Breakfast