“Did yi hear aboot yon lassie doon oor road?
“No. Wot aboot herr?”
“She’s up the duff.”
“Eh? Wot d’yae mean – up the duff?”
“Up the duff, yi ken – she’s got a peh in the oven.”
“Oh Aye. Yi mean she’s hae’n a bairn. How did yi no’ say? Well, the things they get up tae”
“Y’ think it wouldnae be possible wi’ a’ them rubber pills an’ contraventives an’ stuff they hae these days”.
“D’ yi no get withdrawal symptums fae them?”
“We never had nothin’ like that – we yased thon Rhythm Method”.
“The Rhythm Method – wits that?”
“Well, yi just, sort o’, dae it, sort’ve, kinda – in rhythms an’ waves, like.”
“Oh. Aye. An’ did it wurk?”
“Aye, o’ course it did.”
“‘How many did yi hae then?”
“Eight.”