McFaul 35 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 That'll be the posh parts then? aye. Actually my second favourite city in Britain as it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) So what is a gadgie then? Edited October 14, 2012 by Asprilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 aye. Actually my second favourite city in Britain as it goes. Really? I've never been but I can't say I've ever been drawn to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Really? I've never been but I can't say I've ever been drawn to it. Brilliant place, generally good really funny people, but you have to avoid the subject of football because if you think Newcastle is a bubble, go to Glasgow. They genuinely believe the footballing world hierarchy is Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man You-ny-tit, Celtic and Rangers. Actually a beautiful city centre I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 So what is a gadgie then? Thats just what we called a "bloke". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 So what is a gadgie then? Like a man or a bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Brilliant place, generally good really funny people, but you have to avoid the subject of football because if you think Newcastle is a bubble, go to Glasgow. They genuinely believe the footballing world hierarchy is Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man You-ny-tit, Celtic and Rangers. Actually a beautiful city centre I'd say. Well I stand corrected. I heard it had got better in recent years and was quite arty but still....saying that, I'm basing my view of the place on Rangers/Celtic fans who are generally people I am happy to be miles away from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Thats just what we called a "bloke". Like a man or a bloke. Cheers...and a radgie? Or am I just making that up now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9421 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Thats just what we called a "bloke". Usually an older bloke when we used it (in my yoof), I would be a gadgie now, you wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 here we go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9421 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Cheers...and a radgie? Or am I just making that up now? Another word for Scotchy (as used at the coast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I was trying to think of what other terms were used with similar meanings. Im sure one was something like "rarfie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Another word for Scotchy (as used at the coast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Usually an older bloke when we used it (in my yoof), I would be a gadgie now, you wouldn't. Well, any bloke would have been older when we were bairns? So maybe. Not sure Ive heard any grown up use it so dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9421 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 here we go..... Nope, just stating how it was used when I was lad, which was considerably before you lot were lads. I will soon be promoted from Gadgie to Codger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Nope, just stating how it was used when I was lad, which was considerably before you lot were lads. I will soon be promoted from Gadgie to Codger. I was joking.... I'm 41 anyway so I'm a gadgie too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Cheers...and a radgie? Or am I just making that up now? Aye a radgie was similar to scotchie but also had a hint of being a nutter with it. Like if you were picking a kid off the ground for being cheeky he might shout "hoy man y' radgie" Also commonly said in sequence with charver in the 90s "ye radgie charver" also suggesting a charver off his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 really? don't get me wrong i love glasgow like and have friends there, but it's the only place where i've stepped outta the train station and witnessed two stabbings on the main shopping street on the same day There's been stabbings ootside the Taj Mahal too. I think the view from the bottom of Sauchiehall Street is one of the greatest in the UK, and George Square is lovely too. It was the fourth biggest city in Europe in the 19th century, a lot of money flowed through Glasgow, which is why its' architecture can be so spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Aye a radgie was similar to scotchie but also had a hint of being a nutter with it. Like if you were picking a kid off the ground for being cheeky he might shout "hoy man y' radgie" Also commonly said in sequence with charver in the 90s "ye radgie charver" also suggesting a charver off his head. Can you remember "rarfy" instead of radgie too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9421 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Well, any bloke would have been older when we were bairns? So maybe. Not sure Ive heard any grown up use it so dunno. Different age groups use things with different context's I guess. I haven't used "gadgie" for as long as I can remember, but do use codge/codger. I would guess as I am now a "gadgie" I use the next term up for those older than me. Once I'm a codger I guess all I'll have left to use is corpse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9421 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Can you remember "rarfy" instead of radgie too? We used Ralphy, that was a reference to Ralph Gardner school "pupils" next to the Ridges (now Meadowell) or those like them. Mid sixties. Edited October 14, 2012 by Toonpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Different age groups use things with different context's I guess. I haven't used "gadgie" for as long as I can remember, but do use codge/codger. I would guess as I am now a "gadgie" I use the next term up for those older than me. Once I'm a codger I guess all I'll have left to use is corpse. Aye likely. Ive used "gadger" as well. I wonder if thats a mix of your codger and gadgie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9421 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Aye likely. Ive used "gadger" as well. I wonder if thats a mix of your codger and gadgie? Not heard that one (neither at the coast or elsewhere - for clarity) Edited October 14, 2012 by Toonpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17274 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 he did respond as well. What a fud as they say in Glasgow. Most boring man I've seen on here, more comfortable talking about finance than football. Get it right, fud was also used 100 odd miles from Glasgow in the Borders, ask anyone they'd tell you am right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17274 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Aye a radgie was similar to scotchie but also had a hint of being a nutter with it. Like if you were picking a kid off the ground for being cheeky he might shout "hoy man y' radgie" Also commonly said in sequence with charver in the 90s "ye radgie charver" also suggesting a charver off his head. Radge(d) is used as an adjective north of the border "that cunts radged" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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