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Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie...



 
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Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie... Tue Dec 04, 2007 17:11 pm  Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie...
 

I am translating a Scottish novel into French and I really do not understand a sentence in "Scottish" : somebody is calling on the telephone and says :
"Mr Jones ? Fit ? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie chuckies... Aye, d'yis want tae pit im oan ?"
Could you translate this into plain English ?
Thank you in advance.
Bernard Gilles.
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Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie... Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:04 am  Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie...
 

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Mr Jones? Healthy? Yes, yes... No I think he was asking for a couple of pebbles. Yes, do you want to put him on?

I suspect that 'pebbles' is not what is meant, but you can judge from the context, I hope.
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Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie. Wed Dec 05, 2007 17:40 pm  Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie.
 

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Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie. Wed Dec 05, 2007 22:16 pm  Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie.
 

Bernard Gilles wrote:
I am translating a Scottish novel into French and I really do not understand a sentence in "Scottish" : somebody is calling on the telephone and says :
"Mr Jones ? Fit ? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie chuckies... Aye, d'yis want tae pit im oan ?"
Could you translate this into plain English ?
Thank you in advance.
Bernard Gilles.

Hi there,

I think MM may have been set on a wrong track here. I'd assume the following translation to be closer

"Mr Jones? Do they fit? Yes, yes... No, I thought he (or you) was asking for a pair of shoes...Yes, do you want to put them on?"

puckle is something that Scottish people say when they mean "a few". pucklie is a bit less than a few, so more like a couple/pair. Chuckies are a special type of shoes...

Some people use the wrong personal pronoun like "he" or "us" instead of "I" or "me" to attach a royal ambiguity to what is said Wink
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Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie... Thu Dec 06, 2007 0:08 am  Scottish: 'Mr Jones? Fit? Aye, aye... Noo, I ken he wis askin' fer a pucklie...
 

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Yes, I'll go with Ralf. I knew 'pebbles' didn't make any sense, but that's all I could find for 'chuckie' on the net.
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