Comments on: Epic Scottish Rapper Looks Just Like Half-Life 2′s Father Grigori

By: Bradley James Wallac

Bradley James Wallac — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:31:00 +0000

Fail.

By: Nova

Nova — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:53:00 +0000

Watched the whole thing and I loved it, lol. Made ma mornin'! ^_^

as for a translation, sorry, am a bit unqualified for that ;)

By: m@z!n0

m@z!n0 — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:42:00 +0000

O.o

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:38:00 +0000

I can get most of what he's saying…but my god he's broader Scots than me

Six in the moming, oot a ma bed
Bla bla bla get the paper read
Raking the tinnie for a wee jam scone
Nothing but crumbs whit the hell's going on

Scary dude

By: AC

AC — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Here's a clue or two….in Aberdeenshire and parts of Moray the local (Doric Scots) dialect substitutes an 'f' sound for the 'wh' sound at the beginning of certain words.

So "fuar's ma mince" can be written in Standard English as "where's my mince".

In the same way, "fit kinna bliddy caper's this" (my favourite line in the rap) means "What kind of bloody caper's this".

Most modern variants of Lowland Scots can be easily deciphered by speakers of Standard English with very little practise because they mostly consist of English words with non-standard pronunciation of certain vowel sounds. There are very few words of pure Scots origin still used in common parlance anywhere in Scotland.

If you guys thought this was hard, try translating something in Gaelic!

By: AC

AC — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Here’s a clue or two….in Aberdeenshire and parts of Moray the local (Doric Scots) dialect substitutes an ‘f’ sound for the ‘wh’ sound at the beginning of certain words.

So “fuar’s ma mince” can be written in Standard English as “where’s my mince”.

In the same way, “fit kinna bliddy caper’s this” (my favourite line in the rap) means “What kind of bloody caper’s this”.

If you guys thought this was hard, try translating something in Gaelic!

By: Michael the Dumb Tec

Michael the Dumb Tec — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:11:00 +0000

… I watched the whole video and have no idea what he was saying. I can't repost it, cuz for all I know he's swearing profusely. Was that a random pic of a naked Santa? Who still speaks Scottish anyway??

By: Michael the Dumb Tech Geek

Michael the Dumb Tech Geek — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:11:00 +0000

… I watched the whole video and have no idea what he was saying. I can’t repost it, cuz for all I know he’s swearing profusely. Was that a random pic of a naked Santa? Who still speaks Scottish anyway??

By: Sam Pagan

Sam Pagan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:49:00 +0000

I couldn't watch more than 15 seconds, it was too terrifying. But the Half-Life guy reminds me of Shel Silverstein.

By: Sam Pagan

Sam Pagan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:49:00 +0000

I couldn’t watch more than 15 seconds, it was too terrifying. But the Half-Life guy reminds me of Shel Silverstein.