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Glaswegian and Scottish Dictionary :
Words and Translations into English.
Glaswegian or Scottish Word:
Emdy
English Meaning :
Anybody
Emdy
noun
A contraction of the English term ‘anybody’. The word is invariably used in conjunction with the word ‘gorra’ to produce the phrase ‘Emdy gorra’. This is then suffixed with a variety of works such as ‘fag’, ‘joint’ or 'bloody clue where Ah live’.
[From Ned Speak by Stuart McLean] Example
/ Translation of example:
Emdy goat a clue where a bloody live?
I am so intoxicated that momentarily I seem to have misplaced my memory.
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