stlucifer Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thread starting excuse or reasonable question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Marvelous Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Found this from the Guardian on-line; Why are people from Paisley called Buddies, my mate was born there, and he doesn't know the origin of it. Astaqq, Manchester, UK Just a guess really but wasn't Paisley once famous for cotton? Could it have something to do with the spinning of cotton buds into thread?Seth, Edinburgh, Scotland It's a local pronunciation of "bodies", i.e., people - somebody, anybody, nobody. That's all.John Bennett, Glasgow, Scotland It comes from the old Scottish custom of calling a person a "body", pronounced "buddy". As in, "naebody kens", or "Gin a body meet a body/ Comin' through the rye..." A "wee Paisley body" is just a cosy way of describing a citizen of that town, and nothing to do with the more familiar American usage in "buddy, can you spare a dime".Alan Smith, Stockport, Cheshire I seem to remember my father (or maybe my grandmother) telling me of a quote by somebody which said that Scotland was populated by "Highland gentlemen, Lowland farmers and Paisley bodies".Peter, Paisley Scotland I hadn't even heard of the expression "Paisley Buddies" until I immigrated to Australia in 1957 and joined the "Paisley Buddies Club". So I don't know where it started. I thought that is was just a name invented by expats.Janette Anderson, Auckland, New Zealand Could there be a connection between the song "Buddy can you spare a dime" that originated in the USA, and the poverty that was relevant in Paisley at the beginning of the century.John Donachie, Paisley Renfrewshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Very good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balmullo Bud Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 What about Birdie? Or should that be birdy?Sorry to lower the tone, which is saying something on here, but I've had a similar discussion regarding 'jobbie' or 'jobby'. The definitive spelling is K-e-v-i-n T-h-o-m-s-o-n. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 The thing that I find most amazing is that the proper anatomical name for a fanny is Willie Collum - it doesn't seem right, even though you know it is. Seems almost an oxymoron. Surely dick or pr*ck would be more apt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thread starting excuse or reasonable question? I'll go for the former . . Could also be elaborate post building or weaving . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Also, more predictable and therefore not as "slightly amusing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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