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Dialect is a very rich, expressive form of speech, which in this age of television and video is dying out, giving way to standard usage, Americanisms and Australian slang.
This booklet is an attempt to record our local use of words and phrases before they are lost
I have listed a few examples from this excellent small booklet about the dialect of Fife.  

Fine Ham an' Haddie
by Fife Council Central Area Libraries
1996
ISBN 1 869984 07 2
32 Pages
Cost £4.50

FINE HAM AN' HADDIE

pretty pickle

DOO'S CLECKIN

two children,a son and daughter.

COME AWA' BEN

come in,welcome.

DINNA DREEP ON YOUR GEBBIE

while eating, don't drop or spill your food.

HUD YER WHEESHT

be quiet

LONG LUGGIT BAIRN

child who's always listening in to adult conversations.

PIT THE WUID IN THE HOLE

shut the door

YE'LL GET SENT AWA' WI' THE WEE YELLA VAN

you'll be sent to the madhouse

YE CANNA' SEE GREEN CHEESE BUT YER EEN BIRL / REEL

you want everything; envious of everything.

YE CANNA' TAK THE BREEKS AFF A HEILANDMAN

you can't have what doesn't exist.

A' JOCK TAMSON'S BAIRNS

all equal

BAFFIES

slippers

BLOOTERED

drunk

CLASH BAG

gossip; tell tale.

CUSHIE DOO

wood pigeon

FOGGIEBUMMER

bumble bee

GOONIE

nightgown.

JIGGERY POKERY

suspicious goings-on

SCUNNERED

fed up