Scotland · greeting and question
fit like
How are you? or how are things? in Doric.
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What fit like means
Fit like is a familiar north-east Scots greeting asking how someone is or how things are going.
How it is used
It can stand alone as a greeting or begin a longer exchange in Aberdeen and Doric-speaking areas.
- Part of speech
- greeting and question
- Pronunciation
- Often close to fit LIKE
- Register
- Informal Doric and north-east Scots.
- Variants
- fit like?
Examples
Each example is followed by its intended plain-English meaning.
Fit like, min?
How are you, man?
Fit like the day?
How are things today?
What to watch for
It is regionally marked and should not be presented as universal Scottish speech.
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