Higher Eng Flashcards
Love
Isa: Love! Hee-haw ! There ‘ s nae sich a thing.
Maggie: It’s because
things have aye been right atween you an me that I can struggle on.
John: (his pleasure matching hers)
Lily: Men? Im wantin nae mans airms roon me
Lily: (Lily takes from her shopping bag a tin of baked beans and a bottle of cough mixture)
Maggie: Once theyve been laid in yer airms, theyre in yer heart tae the end o yer days, no matter whit way they turn oot
Alec: You say Peter Robb tae me again an I’ll kill ye! I wull! I’ll kill ye!
Jenny: But Im happy, an im making him happy.
John: Naw, she wouldna dae that. No Jenny. Its jist talk..
Alec: I love ye, Isa. I love ye
Family
Maggie: It’s because
things have aye been right atween you an me that I can struggle on.
Lily: (Lily takes from her shopping bag a tin of baked beans and a bottle of cough mixture)
John: Naw, she wouldna dae that. No Jenny. It’ s jist talk . . .
Maggie: Isa, you’ll need tae share wi Jenny an Edie an Granny; I’ve pit through blankets for the sofa
Maggie: Naebody lifts a haun tae help me!
Maggie: You’ve tae leave aff
tormentin him!
John: You couldna knock doon an empty midden-bin.
Alec: There ye are! That’s whit ma feyther thinks o me.
Cut oot the impidence. Ye ken fine she ‘ s at the hospital wi Bertie
Poverty
Lily: No got a pair o knickers to her name
Jenny: It’s rotten, this hoose.
Jenny: Did ye ever provide me wi a hoose i could bring a decent fella home to?
Jenny: It’s a midden
lookin oot on ither middens
-Maggie: dirty rotten buggers in parliament
John: We’re wantin nane o yer whores winnins here”
Lily: I brought ye a tin o baked beans the night
Maggie: Isa, you’ll need tae share wi Jenny an Edie an Granny
Community
Mrs bone: She’s been sittin here waitin on ye for the last hauf-oor.
Maggie Are you insinyatin that I don’t take ma turn o the close?
Maggie: She’s na playin wi ma Edie till she’s cleaned.
John: Whit’ll the neighbours think, you comin hame at this time o night
Maggie: Folks like us hev tae depend on their neighbours when they’re needin help.
Mrs Harris: We come in tae tell ye there’s been an accident at your Alec’s.
Ernest: That’s him bashin her.
Jenny: Pit that in yer pipe a puff it oot tae the neighbours.
Gender stereotypes
Maggie: I’m no sooner in ma bed than I’ve tae rise
Maggie: I hate ye! I hate the hale lot o ye!
John: Well, it’s no majob.
Lily: Men! I’m wantin nae man’s airms roon me.
Isa: You’ re no the only pebble on ma beach
John: the interferin bitch. Nae wunner she couldna get a man.
Alec* he gets his hands round her throat.
Jenny: I’ve got a job. In a joolers
Responsibilities
Relationships
John: Naw, she wouldna dae that. No Jenny.
Lily: *Lily takes from her shopping bag a tin of baked beans and a bottle of cough mixture
Isa: If I’d went wi Peter Robb I’d hae a fur coat
John: we’d be rare pals, him an me … (Pause) An look at whit I’ve got!
Maggie: You’ve tae leave aff tormentin him
Maggie: ye’re a worthless slut if ever there wis yin
Isa/ Jenny: *the girls are arm-in-arm and are convulsed with laughter
Maggie: It’s because things have aye been right atween you an me that I can struggle on.
Male violence
Alec: I’d find ye and I’d kill ye
Ernest: That’s him bashin her
Mrs Harris: Och, it’ s no near as bad as the last yin ye had.
Lily: Ye mind yon tempers? Mind the time
he jist missed me wi the breid knife?
Maggie: Servin dirty hulkin brutes o men in a Coocaddens pub.
Marina: Mammy, is ma daddy drunk?
John: *John hits her across the face
John: *he scrubs off her makeup
Isa: Goad you wis rough Alec! That’s mair like a man”
Family conflict
Role of Maggie
Maggie: seems I’m no sooner in ma bed than I’ve tae rise
Maggie: So’m I! No in wages- I’m paid wi love.
Maggie: An him that saft aboot her. The dirty wee bitch!
Maggie: Who earned that money? You or me?
Maggie: Ye’re a worthless slut
Jenny: Mammy seems tae think they’re lettin Bertie hame; but they’re no. No here.
Maggie: I hate ye! I hate the hale lot o ye!
Role of John
John: Well it’s no ma job
Maggie: It’s because things have aye been right between you and me that I can struggle on
John: I’d an idea I wis the heid o this hoose.
Maggie: dirty, rotten buggers in parliament
John: the interferin bitch. Nae wunner she couldnae get a man.
John: We’re wantin nane o yer whore’s winnins here.
John* John hits her across the face
Jenny: ye’ d better hang on tae yer job this time.
Role of Jenny
Jenny: ye’ d better hang on tae yer job this time.
Jenny: I’m grown up noo
Jenny: I’ve got plans for you
Jenny: From noo on, what I earn is mines.
Jenny: Ma askin for chipped apples an bashed tomaties
John* John hits her across the face
Jenny: a river in the night, I was meanin tae let it tak me alang wi it
Jenny* She is about eighteen, made up boldly (for the 1 930s)
Role of women
Jennys growing maturity
Jenny: ye’ d better hang on tae yer job this time.
Jenny: I’m grown up noo
Jenny: I’ve got plans for you
Jenny: From noo on, what I earn is mines.
Jenny: Ma askin for chipped apples an bashed tomaties
John* John hits her across the face
Jenny: a river in the night, I was meanin tae let it tak me alang wi it
Jenny* She is about eighteen, made up boldly (for the 1930s)
Maggie’s development
Maggie: seems I’m no sooner in ma bed than Im Ita
Maggie: So’m I! No in wages- I’m paid wi love.
!
Maggie: Who earned that money? You or me?
Maggie: Ye’re a worthless slut
Jenny: Mammy seems tae think they’re lettin Bertie hame; but they’re no. No here.
Maggie: I hate ye! I hate the hale lot o ye!
