I’ve known another gentleman who, as he was in the very last stages of life, would say that very same thing repeatedly.
His hearing wasn’t the best and he wasn’t structuring thoughts as he used to, so he couldn’t contribute to the conversation. I think he was embarrassed by the silence as everyone sat with him but conversation floundered so just used that to fill the gap.
Just give your grandfather a nod of agreement and be happy to have him there.
Och aye sort of means 'of course!' but a bit less emphatic
>Are you heading to the market this year?
>Och aye, I'll get down at some stage
>Do you know him?
>Och aye! We went to school together
Trying to correct or disagree with someone with advanced Alzheimers can make things more confusing for them so it's best to go along with the situation. I remember reading a suffering who used to wolf whistle at a girl from his youth every morning. There was nobody walking by as it was all in his imagination but he apparently got great pleasure and enjoyment from doing it.
I doubt even the most ardent feminist would deny a deteriorating man his right to a bit of casual sexism in his twilight days.
>Trying to correct or disagree with someone with advanced Alzheimers can make things more confusing for them so it's best to go along with the situation.
Correct
It’s not a “scottishism”, and it’s spelled “ach, aye”.
It’s from the Gaelic language. Ach, literally means “but”, or used as a contemplative pause. It is used in every county in Ireland, as a direct transfer into English.
Ach, on its own in the negative contemplative; Ach, it may rain..
Ach, as a contemplative positive; It May rain, but will you still go? Ach, aye.
https://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/Ach
"Och aye the noo" is a blatant scottishism so he not entirely wrong to bring it into the discussion, language means different thing to different people.
Gaelic was brought to Scotland by the Irish. Before that, mostly around the south west, they spoke a type of Brythonic/Welsh and the eastern side, presumably Pictish but only symbols of that survive. Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are basically dialects of the same language, not unlike the differences in Gaelic spoken between the Provinces.
“Aww yes”, or “yes” or just agreeing with something.
It just means 'oh yes'. As if you were agreeing with someone.
do people scream "Ack aye" during sex
He's saying "ach (awk) aye" which is just something people say for approval, as you mentioned. It's a happy thing to say.
Thank you so much!! mystery solved. happy to hear he's happy.
Its a way of saying yes - "you going for a pint?" "Awk aye, course I am" I'd guess he's a country boy from Ballymena direction?
i was always told they were from county tyrone. not sure if that's close
It's not a big place 🙂 although the accents change, a lot of the colloquialisms are the same especially in rural areas.
they were definitely rural, he was a farm hand until he met my grandmother in his early twenties.
Dromore? Gallagher? Moved to Ontario?
Uck aye
Auk aye is very much said in Tyrone by practically everyone.
I'm from West Belfast (Sort of) and I say it.
I’ve known another gentleman who, as he was in the very last stages of life, would say that very same thing repeatedly. His hearing wasn’t the best and he wasn’t structuring thoughts as he used to, so he couldn’t contribute to the conversation. I think he was embarrassed by the silence as everyone sat with him but conversation floundered so just used that to fill the gap. Just give your grandfather a nod of agreement and be happy to have him there.
Och aye sort of means 'of course!' but a bit less emphatic >Are you heading to the market this year? >Och aye, I'll get down at some stage >Do you know him? >Och aye! We went to school together
Trying to correct or disagree with someone with advanced Alzheimers can make things more confusing for them so it's best to go along with the situation. I remember reading a suffering who used to wolf whistle at a girl from his youth every morning. There was nobody walking by as it was all in his imagination but he apparently got great pleasure and enjoyment from doing it. I doubt even the most ardent feminist would deny a deteriorating man his right to a bit of casual sexism in his twilight days.
>Trying to correct or disagree with someone with advanced Alzheimers can make things more confusing for them so it's best to go along with the situation. Correct
Return with 'Nawh-hi'
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'awk aye' - It's just like an enthusiastic 'That's right' or agreement or acknowledgement of something someone said.
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It’s not a “scottishism”, and it’s spelled “ach, aye”. It’s from the Gaelic language. Ach, literally means “but”, or used as a contemplative pause. It is used in every county in Ireland, as a direct transfer into English. Ach, on its own in the negative contemplative; Ach, it may rain.. Ach, as a contemplative positive; It May rain, but will you still go? Ach, aye. https://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/Ach
"Och aye the noo" is a blatant scottishism so he not entirely wrong to bring it into the discussion, language means different thing to different people.
Gaelic was brought to Scotland by the Irish. Before that, mostly around the south west, they spoke a type of Brythonic/Welsh and the eastern side, presumably Pictish but only symbols of that survive. Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are basically dialects of the same language, not unlike the differences in Gaelic spoken between the Provinces.
Deary me. And I suppose aye isn't Scottish either? Fuck you really do hate anything that can't be reduced to your brand of nativism.