do you use ken instead of know like " i don't ken him" if so where are you from, i'm from ayrshire and i use it but when i was at t in the park some people were like stop saying ken
2007-08-21 07:43:59 · 13 answers · asked by superstar tradesman 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i dont use it am from angus.
2007-08-21 07:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Scottish♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥Fairy♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say ken about 3000 times a day being a Dundonian. To be honest I never thought that weegies and west coasters said ken. I always thought it was more Edinburgh & Dundee.
2007-08-21 14:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by Lammy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the Scottish Borders and we say ken here too!
2007-08-21 15:01:33 · answer #3 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My partner is Scottish and he uses it when he is talking to other Scots.
I hear 'yer ken' a lot, now that I am living here in Scotland. And I think it sounds so cool. Don't let anyone tell you how to speak. I find the Scottish accent very sexy. : )
2007-08-21 14:52:54 · answer #4 · answered by Happihawkeye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you ken John Peel?
2007-08-21 14:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all of us do from time to time. I use it sometimes as well, and i'm from Edinburgh Ken?
2007-08-25 08:15:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard people from Newcastle upon Tyne where I think it means understand.
D'ye ken that? = Do you understand that?
I am of course open to correction
2007-08-21 14:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I say it. I'm from Dumfries. I wouldn't listen to folk if they told me stop saying it - ken what I mean!!
2007-08-21 14:50:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's so weird you say that it's also the dutch word for know eg ik ken hem niet - i don't know him
2007-08-21 17:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
us normal folks, from Glasgow, know that the word is actually "know", ye ken knob-end?
2007-08-21 17:11:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Falkirk round that area,and I think Fyffe too,its the way they speak,they cant help it,there is worse than that ,English people have sayings as well,
2007-08-21 14:55:33 · answer #11 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋