Glasgow Patter: fighting it out...
doolander A powerful blow: "What a thump he gave him: a right doolander" handers or hauners A friend, particularly one who helps out in a fight, is often known as a hander. "Tell yer handers tae keep oot the road and Ah'll gie ye a square go." To shout for handers in a fight is to summon friends to pitch in and help To hander someone is to help in this way: "C'moan an hander us, wan a yeez!" © 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...

doolander: A powerful blow: "What a thump he gave him: a right doolander"
handers or hauners: A friend, particularly one who helps out in a fight, is often known as a hander. "Tell yer handers tae keep oot the road and Ah'll gie ye a square go." To shout for handers in a fight is to summon friends to pitch in and help
To hander someone is to help in this way: "C'moan an hander us, wan a yeez!"

'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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