Scottish football gets to the strangest places.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/artic...d-b10336e2118e
Apparently in the Yoruba speaking part of Nigeria the phrase "Dundee United" is a synonym for "Idiot". According to the author of this BBC article it comes from when Dundee United toured the country in the 70's, were rubbish (so no real change over the decades), and spent the whole time complaining about the heat and the state of the local pitches.
Obviously we all also know that in some African dialects the word Jambo means "Hello", "Please put back that charity tin" and "Hoof!" depending on the context.
I wonder how else Scottish football has made its mark in world culture?
I know there is some story about Hibs being one of the first football clubs to have been mentioned in the United Nations debating Chamber? Presumably an inquiry about whether the way hertz were treated at the 7-0 game was a breach of the Geneva Conventions?
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22-06-2019 08:24 PM #1
Dundee Utd = Idiot
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22-06-2019 09:35 PM #3
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First one is definitely correct.
The second one is absolute nonsense. Do you actually say ‘that’s a lot of jambo’?
Why do folk say things like this?
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22-06-2019 09:44 PM #6
Hibs tour of Brazil in 1953 was responsible for their World Cup winning team of 1970 and that teams swashbuckling style of football in particular. Fact.
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Dundee United = a lot worse than idiot in my own personal version of the Yoruba language I'm afraid.
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Whoa there Lucy, lighten up ffs. It is only a wee bit of fun. Jeez some folk take things far too seriously.Last edited by Franck Stanton; 22-06-2019 at 10:48 PM.
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Are there any other Scottish football teams I should avoid belittling on here? I've got strong views on both Aberdeen and Caley Thistle I'm afraid - though I've always had a soft spot for Cowdenbeath if it helps?
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22-06-2019 11:49 PM #22
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteLast edited by The 90+2; 22-06-2019 at 11:52 PM.
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22-06-2019 11:52 PM #23
Not a big Arabs fan by any stretch of the imagination but anyone that lived through the eighties will tell you that the New Firm Aberdeen and Dundee United blew the Old Firm away
Dundee Utd winning the SPL and getting to a EUFA Cup Final
Aberdeen won the ECWC and loads more under Fergie
Dundee Utd relegated us late nineties but we had no one to blame but ourselves
They sang in the Changing Rooms at Tannadice when they defeated Neil Lennons HIBS that Christmas but he who laughs last laughs laughs laughs!
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Jambo is a qualifier.
Not just *****, but utter *****.
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23-06-2019 07:54 AM #28
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I think it generally works on people that didn't have a sense of humour bypass.
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