Glasgow Patter: fighting it out...
lamp To lamp somebody is to hit him: 'He just walked up tae the big diddy an lampt him right in the mouth.' It can also mean to throw something: 'That's the guy that lamped a hauf-brick at the polis.' rammy A rammy is a violent disturbance or any busy or bustling crowd: "That wis some rammy when they said the tickets were sold out." To rammy is to take part in such a violent disturbance: "There's too much rammying at the football these days ... an that's just the players'." © Michael Munro	'Getting right inty them' (ie. tearing opponents apart) is part of the local macho culture, even though street-fighting or gang-fighting might be less common today than in the 60's and 70's. In most industrial environments toughness is high on the hit-parade of respected qualities and fighting is part of the mythology. For those who know Billy Connolly's sketches, 'Ivan the Terrible' comes to mind as a ready reference.

Glasgow Patter: fighting it out...

lamp: To lamp somebody is to hit him: 'He just walked up tae the big diddy an lampt him right in the mouth.' It can also mean to throw something: 'That's the guy that lamped a hauf-brick at the polis.'
rammy: A rammy is a violent disturbance or any busy or bustling crowd: "That wis some rammy when they said the tickets were sold out."
To rammy is to take part in such a violent disturbance: "There's too much rammying at the football these days ... an that's just the players'."

'Getting right inty them' (ie. tearing opponents apart) is part of the local macho culture, even though street-fighting or gang-fighting might be less common today than in the 60's and 70's. In most industrial environments toughness is high on the hit-parade of respected qualities and fighting is part of the mythology. For those who know Billy Connolly's sketches, 'Ivan the Terrible' comes to mind as a ready reference.

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