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Away From The Numbers

All good things come to an end. Or so they say. AFTN has been around since 1989, first as a fanzine and then making the jump to a website and forum in 2003. We've been through the many ups and down at East Fife in those 12 years but policing the forum has become a giant pain in the ass in recent years. As such, we made the decision not to renew it when it expired.

The forum is no more and will remain as a locked archive until it is eventually deleted by the host. We're looking in to try to save some of the content as an archive.

This is not the end of AFTN though. The site will continue and will be revamped and return in its full glory for the start of the 2016/17 season. Maybe even sooner. There will be a comment sections and possibly even a new, registered forum. Check our Twitter (@aftnwebsite) for all the latest info and we'll also post in on the EFFC memories Facebook page.

Until then, have a last browse here, thanks for all your support over the years, and 'Mon the Fife.

GoF

 

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Glesca Dialect

Blether - Prounced to rhymn with tether . As in "I met your granny doon the street and we had a right good blether."




Wheesht - A call for silence, especially children. Such as "Will ye wheesht, you pair! Ma heid's loupin."

Greet - To cry or weep, not to say hello. Such as "Stop greetin, it wasnae that sair."

Crabbit - Prounced krab-it . Meaning grumpy and bad tempered, such as "Yer a crabbit get, so ye are".

Eedjit - Pronounced ee-jit . Meaning idiot, simpleton, one not possessed of all their mental faculties, such as "Yer aff yer heid, ye eejit."

Mingin' - Meaning gross or disgusting, not nice to look at. Such as "He's absolutely mingin'!"

Swatch - Meaning to have a quick look at something. Such as "Gie us a swatch of yer paper."

Glaikit - Prounced gla-kit , meaning stupid, foolish or not very bright. An insult, such as "Wid ye look at the glakit look on his coupon (face)."

Aye right - A phrase used when you don't believe something that you are told.

Fouter - Pronouced foo-ter , meaning one who muddles through or a fiddly, tiresome job as in "This is a right fouter, this."

Peely wally - Meaning pale skinned due to lack of sunshine, something that applies to the majority of Scots, in Scotland.

Clatty - Meaning dirty, not clean. Such as "Yer hoose is pure clatty man."

Yaldi - An expression of excitement or joy. Such as "I just gubbed ye at FIFA. Yaldi!"

Taps aff - Meaning to remove one's shirt due to the slightest hint of sunshine.

Hoachin' - Meaning busy or heaving. Such as "The toon was hoachin' the day."

Hackett - Used to describe an ugly person. Such as "That bird fae the other night was pure hacket!"

Swally - Meaning an alcoholic beverage or slang version of "a swallow of."

Mad wae it - The art of being very drunk. Such as "Aw man, oot ma tree last night, Pure mad wae it!"

Geein me the boak - When something makes you feel sick. Such as "That curry wis pure mingin' man. It wis geein me the boak."

Chebs - Meaning when a woman shows off her chest. Used in similar term to Taps Aff, such as "Chebs oot!"

Patch it - Meaning to give something up or not doing something.

The dancin' - Meaning a nightclub. Such as "Ye goan to the dancin' at the weekend?"

Sound - Used to describe when something is cool, or that a person is okay. Such as "Did ye meet Wee Baz last night? He wis pretty sound."

Wean - The term for a child. Such as "How many weans huv ye got?"

Skelped - Meaning to slap someone. Such as "If you don't stop misbehavin' wee man, then yer gettin' skelped!"




Re: Glesca Dialect

What has this load of bollocks got to do with EFFC or for that matter fitba in general?

Stop clogging up the forum with crap!

Re: Glesca Dialect

The Dude
What has this load of bollocks got to do with EFFC or for that matter fitba in general?

Stop clogging up the forum with crap!

Get a life this forum needs a bit of fun instead slagging fans all the time. What's wrong did you not understand it with you being English

Re: Glesca Dialect

The Dude
What has this load of bollocks got to do with EFFC or for that matter fitba in general?

Stop clogging up the forum with crap!


Harsh!

One Methil, many cultures.

Re: Glesca Dialect

if ye havent knowning this we do have east fife fans in Glasgow so this has got to do with EFFC and how we talk tae them, get well connected to each other.




Re: Glesca Dialect

The Dude
What has this load of bollocks got to do with EFFC or for that matter fitba in general?

Stop clogging up the forum with crap!


If you ever venture out of Fife and go to Glasgow you will be able to understand the locals when they talk.