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| Paige: | What else? Oh, 'cause he-- he was from Porty, eh? |
| Interviewer: | Yeah, he was. He went to Porty High school. Em. |
| Paige: | That's so shan. |
| Interviewer: | Yeah, I know. Oh, they'll love that for the, eh, linguistics 'cause you said shan. They don't say shan in Glasgow. |
| Paige: | That's weird, eh? Know what else? Member we were like to [name] "oh, will you chum us to the shop?" and she was like-- |
| Interviewer: | Aye, they don't say chum either. |
| Paige: | and she's like "what do you mean?" And she was like "shoom me to--?" I'm like "no, just chumming" |
| Interviewer: | Chum. |
| Paige: | and it was like-- |
| Interviewer: | Like-- yeah. You come with-- yeah. |
| Paige: | like "come with us to--" like-- like "accompany me to the shop." |
| Nicole: | You've always got to explain what shan and chum means, eh? |
| Interviewer: | Chum is, yeah. |
| Paige: | Aye. |
| Interviewer: | And it's like, it means you're not buying anything, I'm buying something. Come with me. |
| Paige: | Yeah. |
| Interviewer: | Like, what-- like what would you say? "Get me to the shop?" |
| Paige: | Like-- |
| Interviewer: | Aye, they'd probably say get me to the shop. |
| Paige: | Maybe aye, or just like-- |
| Interviewer: | Chum with-- chum me. "Here chum." |
| Paige: | I don't-- I-- Aye, I dunno how else to describe it. Like, it just-- it's |
| Nicole: | Like "Come with." |
| Paige: | such an obvious thing for us. |
