| Fife Dialect from Readers |
| My brother who runs his own Facebook page entitled Kirkcaldy in Old Picture Postcards asked his group a simple question. |
What “Fife” words or “Scottish” words, or phrases would flummox a foreigner, and for the purposes of this topic a foreigner is anyone from the other side of the Scottish borders?
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| Fife Place Names meanings and pronunciations |
| The place name meanings have been taken from several sources and the pronunciations are by local friends and family from different areas of Fife. |
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| Fine Ham an Haddie |
| Fife Council Central Area Libraries brought out an excellent booklet many years ago titles Fine Ham an’ Haddie. |
| THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER IN PRINT. |
| The booklet was an attempt to record 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. |