I dont think it is just Scotland as my ex-BF family were full on Londerners, and the older ones always said messages for shopping. IE would ask the kids, "Can you go to the shop and get me some messages? It became normal to me , but I remember when I first heard it, I was all WTF 🤣🤣
This was a very long time ago; they were in thier 80s\90s back in the 70s so maybe it was the norm once everywhere, and only the Scots keep it going now
oh just had a look, and it's still used in Ireland as well https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/60/messages/930.html Not found anything for Londoners though.
I dont think it is just Scotland as my ex-BF family were full on Londerners, and the older ones always said messages for shopping. IE would ask the kids, "Can you go to the shop and get me some messages? It became normal to me , but I remember when I first heard it, I was all WTF 🤣🤣
This was a very long time ago; they were in thier 80s\90s back in the 70s so maybe it was the norm once everywhere, and only the Scots keep it going now
oh just had a look, and it's still used in Ireland as well https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/60/messages/930.html Not found anything for Londoners though.
Sorry Guesty, I've just noticed this.
I was reading about an English woman, that was not long in Scotland, who was confused to be told a co-worker was 'greeting ' in the staffroom.
She thought she was saying hello or waving or something and had cracked up but of course 'greeting' means crying here.
Talking of Scottish words, I had a skelf on Saturday.
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