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Years ago, my husband and I spent the evening with an American chap who was a friend of a colleague of ours.

We realised pretty soon on in the evening that he "batted for the other side".

Imagine the look of horror on his face when quite unwittingly my old man said "Would you like a fag" proffering his packet of Marlborough!

Hi Les40,

Yup - my pronunciation is the same as yours apart from "Lieu" which I pronounce as "Dew" and not "Do".

Syzzie: It isn't PC here either. Thanks for the links!
Magworth: Too funny. Our beagle's name is Woody; don't know if that registers over there.
Kiwikid: I almost choked on my breakfast!

I don`t know about `woody` and daren`t ask !
We had an American neighbour on a RAF station. She told me her husband had overslept because their alarm clock didn`t go off. I said `Don`t worry, tomorrow morning my husband will knock you up.` He WILL NOT ! she said - and explained what it meant.

Oh, come on! You really didn't know?
By the way, it's Groundhog Day! Believe it or not, everyone is dying to know whether he saw his shadow.

This ballot paper for the coming referendum on Scottish independence was suggested in a local newspaper

Y'up furrit?
Aye
Naw
Mebbesaye Mebbesnaw
Wha's askin?

Can anyone translate?

Xerxes - aye, nae bother at aw fur me.

Joan - do naw and nae mean the same, presumably 'no', and if so why the different spelling?

I heard that the question was going to be "Should auld acquaintance be forgot?"

Hi all
Am an honorary Mackay ( also Torrie sept of Campbell!!??**

So think Im partly qualified
Naw =No in answer to a question
Nae=No (nothing, none)
YRS
MacThea