slang words in Trainspotting
christ...@infonie.fr
A friend of mine needs help to know the meaning of some words in
Trainspotting
"Is that aw yir sae fuckin moosey-faced aboot?" the problem is that
she does not understand "moosey-faced".
"fuck, off, ya plukey-faced wee hing oot."
The translator hat translated it into French by "va sucer les
éléphants chez Spontex" , my friend thinks that "vire, petit pédé
boutonneux" will be better, do you think it is a good translation?
"well, whe niver sais nowt tae me, ah whinge, biscuit-ersed"
The man who has said it, has just realized something.
What does "biscuit-ersed" mean?
Thank you if you can help her.
christelle.
Anna MCM
>
> "Is that aw yir sae fuckin moosey-faced aboot?" the problem is that
> she does not understand "moosey-faced".
>
Bye,
Anna Maria
Nick Worley
http://www.totse.com/en/media/televisionary_film_vidiots/transpot.html
according to which "plukey-faced" means "soft" & "biscuit-ersed" means
"self-pitying" (I've never heard either term before. The terms are either
extremely regional and not spread out of that region or they were made up
for the book & are not used in real life).
- "fuck, off, ya plukey-faced wee hing oot" = "fuck off, you soft little
?hing oot?" (not sure what "hing oot" means. "hang-out" maybe? i.e. someone
who's always hanging out with his mates?)
- "well, whe niver sais nowt tae me, ah whinge, biscuit-ersed" = "well, ?he?
never says nothing to me, ah? whinge, self-pitying" (which doesn't make much
sense to me) (to whinge = to complain/moan; never says nothing to me = never
says anything to me)
> "Is that aw yir sae fuckin moosey-faced aboot?" the problem is that
> she does not understand "moosey-faced".
"Is that aw yir sae fuckin moosey-faced aboot?" = "Is that all you're so
fucking moosey-faced about?"
I've not heard this before and I'd guess it's an expression the character in
the book thought up on the spot, rather than it being a set expression (I
could be wrong, though, I mean it could be a Scottish expression).
I'd guess it means that the person is sulking or looks miserable (or
something like that anyway) and as a result the person doesn't look very
attractive.
If you describe someone as looking like a moose it means the person is ugly
(in the opinion of the speaker).
If I'm on the right lines, then "moosey-faced" means "stropy" or "miserable"
or similar & it sounds comical.
At the following website
http://www.laserrot.com/dvd/availdvd/us/advd-us-t.html
it says:
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle (dir.), Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert
Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald
***Inc. printed insert including author Irvine Welsh's glossary of terms***.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) / Subtitles: SPA
1995, "R", CC: Eng, LB 1.85:1, R:1, SL, 1s, 93m
Miramax, #13851 (AC), $29.99
It seems to me that that glossary of terms would help you, since Irvine
Welsh is the author, so you'll be getting the meanings from the horse's
mouth.
This site might also be useful
http://arts.qmuc.ac.uk/ijost/Volume1_no1/M_Bowman.htm
Regards
Nick
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Voetleuce
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> christ...@infonie.fr wrote:
A "moose" is a mouse!
Anna MCM
>
> > Might it mean "your face is like the face of a moose"?
>
> A "moose" is a mouse!
A moose is a typical animal of the Northern countries.
Please have a look here:
I even have some of them in the forest near my house!
Bye,
Anna Maria
David Goward
Anna MCM a écrit dans le message...
That may well be, but here it does mean a mouse...
David
Bettina Price
Yes, but some scottish people pronounce "house" "hoose" and "mouse" "moose"
(wasn't there a silly song about a moose loose aboot the hoose?). Anyhow,
afaik there are no moose in Scotland.
Greetings,
Bettina
Anna MCM
>
> That may well be, but here it does mean a mouse...
>
Bye,
Anna Maria
John Woodgate
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orld.com>) about 'slang words in Trainspotting', on Tue, 29 Jan 2002:
>Yes, but some scottish people pronounce "house" "hoose" and "mouse" "moose"
>(wasn't there a silly song about a moose loose aboot the hoose?). Anyhow,
>afaik there are no moose in Scotland.
Nane ootside a zoo, onyway!
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Nick Worley
Is "mouse" pronounced "moose" in Scotland? I'm not sure, although I have
heard "house" pronounced "hoose", so it could be, I didn't consider that
possibility I must admit.
But then what does "mousey-faced" mean, that the person looks scared or
timid?
Regards
Nick
"Voetleuce" <le...@leu.ce> wrote in message
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Voetleuce
> Voetleuce wrote:
> > > Might it mean "your face is like the face of a moose"?
> > A "moose" is a mouse!
> A moose is a typical animal of the Northern countries.
Yes, but this is Scotland. Edinburgh city-dialect. Moose? I think it
means mouse.
Margaret Marks
Margaret
"Voetleuce" <le...@leu.ce> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
Toby OCM
> The man who has said it, has just realized something.
> What does "biscuit-ersed" mean?
It should be 'biscuit-arsed'. According to the Trainspotting article at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/ftrainspotting.
htm it means "A derogatory adjective referring to someone who is crumbly,
not hard."
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Regards,
Toby
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those who can count, and those who can't.
John Woodgate
wrote (in <a372nt$2p1$06$1...@news.t-online.com>) about 'slang words in
Trainspotting', on Tue, 29 Jan 2002:
...may be preferable to a body-loused mouse?
sophie
>I found a Trainspotting glossary at
>http://www.totse.com/en/media/televisionary_film_vidiots/transpot.html
>according to which "plukey-faced" means "soft" & "biscuit-ersed" means
>"self-pitying" (I've never heard either term before. The terms are either
>extremely regional and not spread out of that region or they were made up
>for the book & are not used in real life).
>- "fuck, off, ya plukey-faced wee hing oot" = "fuck off, you soft little
>?hing oot?" (not sure what "hing oot" means. "hang-out" maybe? i.e. someone
>who's always hanging out with his mates?)
bits of him hanging out of his clothes?
yeurch.
>- "well, whe niver sais nowt tae me, ah whinge, biscuit-ersed"
well, he never said anything to me, I whinged, biscuit-arsed...
--
sophie
Toby OCM
"sophie" <sophiej...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> bits of him hanging out of his clothes?
> yeurch.
As in "his arse was hanging out his trousers" - he was very poor, and as a
result his trousers were so worn that there were holes in them.
It's a thought.
mllhen...@gmail.com
A wee hing oot is a young girl who let's all the boys have sex with her.... Hanging out of her.
Moosey faces means mousey faced and is what it sounds like if you can imagine
