Explain this business name ‘We hae meat’ to be as if I’m not from Scotland

14 comments

1. Yes, its we have meat.

   And probably a play on the Selkirk grace

   >Some hae meat and canna eat,
   And some wad eat that want it,
   But we hae meat and we can eat,
   And sae the Lord be thankit.

2. It’s from the Selkirk Grace

   > Some hae meat and canna eat,

   > And some wad eat that want it,

   > But we hae meat and we can eat,

   >Sae let the Lord be Thankit!

3. It’s an old reference to a blessing, the Selkirk grace – http://www.prayer-and-prayers.info/dinner-blessings/the-selkirk-grace.htm

4. best steak slice going too tbf

5. We hae (have) meat they have meat 🤷

6. No..

7. We have meat.

8. This has to be a joke. If you’d just have googled the phrase you’d have seen it straight away. And you’ve “only” been here 18 years and didn’t know it? No.

9. They used to have nice sausages now they are awful and over priced

10. We have meat…and it’s shit, go to a butchers for square sausage

11. We have 5% meat each sausage

12. Only just realised there’s no V

13. Its from a Burns poem

    Some hae meat and canna eat,
    And some wad eat that want it,
    But we hae meat and we can eat,
    And sae the Lord be thankit.

14. We have meat…. that was easy.