Cheers!

Today marks the fourth week of our return from Scotland, and the fourth Friday where we will NOT be heading off to Jelly Hill to see our old friends and make new ones.  Tonight we'll have a nice dinner and watch one of the Netflix movies.  Lynn put it best, "In Scotland we actually had a social life!"

When we returned we sat down and created a list of our favorite phrases or words that we heard bandied about.  In no particular order:

• "Do it, do it, do it!" 
• "Shockin'!"
• "Fantastic!"
• "Sorted."  (One of my personal faves, with many applications, and incredibly versatile when it comes to agreement on any number of issues.)
• "Do we have a problem, friend?" (Delivered in a perfect American accent, this phrase was a favorite of Tom's Yank boss in the 1970s)
• "Pardon us, but we seem to be having a domestic."
• "Massive."
• "Stupid, stupid, girl."  (See earlier post about the Great Race.)
• "At's a load of shite." 
• "Brilliant." (Wonderful.)
• "Dead brilliant." (More wonderful.)
• "Pure, dead brilliant." (Most wonderful.)
• "Wee."
• "For fuck's sake!"
• "Oh, aye."
• "I'm going mental."
• "Cheers."

What has become a permanent fixture in my vocabulary has been "Cheers."  Like "Aloha" it works equally well as a greeting or in taking one's leave.  It is so much better than saying goodbye, and imparts more than a simple "Thank you."  I even added it to my online signature.

"For fuck's sake!" isn't bad either.  And, as F-bombs go, this one is more expressive and less offensive than most.

Lynn and I have both been "Oh, aye"-ing each other to the most serious and mundane of questions.  But an "aye" seems to carry more import than a simple yes.

In any case...

Cheers!