scottish accent while riding

[Trillian]

was riding to a friends' house last night, and it started raining just as I set off,
never mind, not far.
got almost there, had a couple of good over takes before moving out to primary for a traffic island with a left turn just after it
"ye can wait a wee while ye can" as i block a vehicle from overtaking
the road i'm now on has pinch points to slow traffic down
"nay, that be me right o way laddy"
"its me roondaboot" as I take a defensive position for a mini roundabout
all the above speech was done in a bad excuse for a scottish accent

what has become of me?
Am i turning into magnatom?

might just have to stay off you tube for a while...

 

[red_tom]

In an uncharacteristic angry moment out on my bike a couple of years ago I caught up with a van that had cut me up and said in a Glaswegian growl.

'Do that again pal and I'll f**king chib ya'

No idea where it came from. I've never used the phrase before or since. I'm from Sussex for God's sake.

 

[gbb]

This is the kind of behaviour i was looking for in my post 'Wierd thoughts while on the ride'.

So congratulations...you're a wierdo ...just like me

 

[domtyler]

Search on Wikipedia for Magnatomisation and all will become clear. Suffice to say this is a well documented phenomena that is growing especially since the wee vigilante (aka The Taped Crusader) went public!

 

[magnatom]

I shall correct your grammar:

ye can wait a wee while ye can should be yecanwaitaweewhile, soyecan, yaweebas'

nay, that be me right o way laddy should be ootmaf*ckinwayyaweebas'

its me roondaboot should be itsmaroonabootyaweebas' or ootmaf*ckinwayyaweebas'

Do that again pal and I'll f**king chib ya should be aylechibyeyaweebas'

Note in Glasgow we do not need spaces between words and any insult must end in (at the very least) 'yaweebas'

 

[betty swollocks]

This is very reassuring: I often lapse into Gleska too.
I was born in the colonies, one parent comes from Kent and the other from Yorkshire. Both grannies are Scottish though. Maybe it skips a generation.

"Hey Jimmy, ye dae thaat agin an' a'll banjo ye right enuff!'

 

[Trillian]

i'm from yorkshire and do have a yorkshire accent

going back a fair few generations one side of the family is scottish

 

[Jacomus-rides-Gen]

Trillian - love it! Its also nice to find that it isn't just me who lapses from my normal accent (home counties) to some terrible scottish accent when talking to myself when I'm cycling.

 

[Fnaar]

For some reason I often talk to myself in Spanish when riding....

 

[Dayvo]

I work with two Swedes amongst a bunch of Norwegians! - these Scandinavian languages are very close, different but similar to speaking, for example, English and Scottish.
I speak to the Norwegians in their language, and to the Swedes in theirs; it is very confusing, almost Monty Pythonish!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I work with two Swedes amongst a bunch of Norwegians! - these Scandinavian languages are very close, different but similar to speaking, for example, English and Scottish.
I speak to the Norwegians in their language, and to the Swedes in theirs; it is very confusing, almost Monty Pythonish!

What's Norwegian for "It is an Ex-Parrot"? Or Swedish for "Your Lupins or your life"?

 

[Dayvo]

What's Norwegian for "It is an Ex-Parrot"? Or Swedish for "Your Lupins or your life"?

Sorry Mr. Moore, some things just don't translate!

 

[killiekosmos]

Speaking in a Scots accent won't make you as fast as Chris Hoy.

 

[Aperitif]

was riding... ...a scottish accent...

...what has become of me?
Am i turning into magnatom?

might just have to stay off you tube for a while...

Bizarrely, I was making the same type of comment to gezza on Saturday morning. Prompted by a WVM - a roofing person - trying to 'blend' us into one four wheeled unit.
We did give him a 'bit of the scotch' in no uncertain terms

I think this behaviour should be written about in Cyclecraft.

 

[yorkshiregoth]

I tend to develop a horse riders accent whilst riding. Everytime a ped or car comes too close I always end up shouting "whoa there"