BellamyonabikeJul 30, 2023
Foosty Puddin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

In Scotland, for some unaccountable reason, we have many words meaning "drunk" including bleized, bluitert, bladdered, bungfu, chackit, fleein, fou, fuddelt, hammered, jaked, mingin, rairie, reekin, stottin, stotious, stovin and many more. But one, "steamin", has an interesting origin.

In 1841, a law was passed in Scotland limiting the sale of #alcohol in an attempt to curb the growing issues of alcoholism. The law stated that only a "bona fide'" traveller could purchase alcohol on a Sunday for their "comfort".

Two weeks after the law was passed, pleasure steamers began the first Clyde Cruises on a Sunday where it was possible to partake of strong #beer and #whisky. The original "booze cruise".

"Steamin", meaning drunk, enters the vocabulary.

This is a photo of "Waverley", the world's last seagoing paddle steamer, as she's steamin down the Kyes of Bute.

#Scotland #Glasgow #Clyde #boat #steamer #drunk

Jul 29, 2023 at 1:34pmWeb
Show thread418 I'm a TeapotJul 29, 2023
@djl suddenly it makes sense!
Show threadFoosty Puddin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 29, 2023
@chainik Indeed. I think my favourite is "fou" short and sweet and a kind of finality to it when you are incapable of consuming any more 😀
Show threadChrysalisJul 29, 2023
@djl That’ll maybe explain why an inebriated person may be described as ‘He’s steamboats!’ ?
Show threadBaron Woke of CarlsbergJul 29, 2023
@djl love "stotious". I'll be using that from now on.
"Am fuckin' stotious"
Show threadLeanne JJul 29, 2023
@djl Many of these are regular Geordie usage too, because of our proximity! Mainly hammered, bladdered, jaked. But I note we’ve sometimes used ‘cannit be jaked’ as a term for ‘can’t be bothered’ too.
Show threadJulio 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸Jul 29, 2023
@djl lol
Show threadJulio 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸Jul 29, 2023
@djl Must do what we must to get a drink.
Show threadLa FeyJul 29, 2023
@djl
Thats the kind of scottish history I love to learn !
Thank you from France ☺️
Show threadGeorge MitchellJul 29, 2023

@djl The US has “blitzed” as a word meaning “drunk”; I wonder if “bleized” is related, and which direction the transfer went?

(That was “here’s an interesting (to me) thing, does anybody know off the top of their head?”, not “please go do a bunch of research to satisfy the curiosity of my lazy ass.”)

Show threadFoosty Puddin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 29, 2023
@gemitch Yes "blitzed" is used here as well. Not sure but perhaps more to do with wartime "blitz" as in being wrecked or ruined -both of which are also used to mean inebriated 😀
Show threadGeorge MitchellJul 29, 2023

@djl Yeah, I always figured (with no actual factual support) it derived from WWII usage. :) But if y’all use ‘blitzed’ as well, probably the link to ‘bleized’ is more tenuous.

Thanks!

Show threadTormod HalvorsenJul 29, 2023

@djl

We had a similar story here in Stockholm during the 1870s. The city of Stockholm (MUCH smaller than today) had a monopoly on selling alcoholic beverages.

A destillery on a small island just outside of the city limits opened up shop with a superior product, and boats came steaming from every direction. Nothing the city could do, as it was outside their jurisdiction :)

People have a way of securing access to booze.

Show threadFoosty Puddin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 29, 2023
@airwhale On a sailing trip last year we met a couple from Vanersborg the owners of a beautiful 15m yacht "Kvasthilda". We spent one evening on their boat where we shared many drams of whisky. Toyvil shared the last of a bottle of "Box" whisky with us- wonderful stuff. This year on another sailing trip to Campbeltown I came across this and I just had to buy it - from the same distillery but renamed "High Coast".
Show threadTormod HalvorsenJul 29, 2023

@djl

So, this is produced in Sweden, but it is a Scottish operation behind the destillery?

The High Coast brand is now served on longhaul flights from Sweden, I had one this May, quite nice. Not the same stuff you got tho - that might need a splash of water 🙃. Cheers!

Show threadFoosty Puddin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 29, 2023
@airwhale No, the whisky is Swedish as are the owners. Cadenhead's are independent bottlers here in Scotland. They choose casks of all sorts of whisky direct from the distillery - some from around the world, whisky whiskey, rye, bourbon and then have it matured in warehouses - usually in Campbeltown. They then bottle and label it with their own label but with details of the distillery, maturing cask and abv. This one at over 67% definitely needs a wee bit water 🤯
Show threadTormod HalvorsenJul 29, 2023

@djl

Ah, thanks. That explains the label.

I mostly buy whiskeys from the western isles, fantastic flavors. Need to visit the area too, never been closer than up to Manchester.

Show threadbouriquetAug 13, 2023
@djl Making James Watt proud.