Talk:Rah (slang word)

Merge
Ra (slang) and Rah are clearly on the same subject. Neither article is at all well written, but merging the two and picking the "best" bits of each might help. DWaterson 20:20, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I've merged the two articles and added a little. Hopefully this is now a quarter-way to being a mediocre article. Please remove innaccurate stereotypes (as in stereotypes that do not exist, not stereotypes that do not conform to reality) and any bias you can find. Polocrunch 01:13, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Yah
I was a student at St.Andrews University in the mid 1980s and a term which was applied to a similar demographic was the 'Yah'. This term was applied to people fitting under the 'Rah' definition and also those that might be called 'Sloane Rangers'. The term clearly came from their pronunciation of the affirmative 'yes' as 'yah'. I think such people are often to be heard braying yah or rah, the expansive 'ah' indicating their high status and control of the situation.

I'd like to confirm that, as of 2008, "yah" is the equivalent term for "rah" in St. Andrews. Wee Jimmy (talk) 01:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Dismabiguation
I´m sorry that RAH is no longer an Rah (disambiguation) entry. I was for a long time wondering who RAH was until I found out that RAH stood for Robert Anson Heinlein. In SF community and writings RAH is often used. I do not know how to put that back in now when RAH disambiguation is only redirected to Ra? Seniorsag 16:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ra (disambiguation) still exists, however. DWaterson 21:26, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I am putting in references to Rah ( and definition to) Seniorsag 15:27, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This is interesting. Not quite sure I understand the first derivation though - "apethic"? Also, is there a date for the second citation, and what kind of 'supplement'? DWaterson 21:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Bieldside / Milltimber
People from Bieldside / Milltimber are Hooray Henrys. Especially if they go to the Bieldside Inn and call it 'The Bielder'

They often speak very loud (but this can sometimes be attributed to deafness and the use of ear trupmets may become necessary)

Excessive use of the phrase 'very good!' (pronounced VEY GUD!) is common  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.128.29.93 (talk) 09:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

References?
This article seems rather undersourced; there is actually only one reference listed concerning "rahs", and that is some sort of college blog. Most of the listed characteristics aren't supported by that one source. Brianyoumans 11:56, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a pretty poor article. And I agree the referenced Blog article is sub par.  If someone could do some cleaning up I'd be eternally grateful. Maikel (talk) 13:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've now cleaned it up myself and hope that you'll be eternally indebted to me. In particular I've removed all the unreferenced etymological speculations.
 * What's still missing is a good definition of a "rah".
 * Toodeloo! Maikel (talk) 20:32, 1 March 2009 (UTC)