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Did it ever say, "Aye Ready"


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According to the old boy who used to sit beside me ( sadly passed away) it did used today aye ready! But when he asked about this on a tour of ibrox it has heavily denied by the tour guide

I remember the same thing but with the absence of any pics I'm really starting to doubt it.

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Originally it was 'Aye Work Awa', which was then changed to 'Ready Aye Ready', subsequently shortened to 'Aye Ready' and in 1966 to 'Ready'. :sherlock:

"The change in 1966 was explained as being a modernising move, but in fact it was so that the badge could be legally incorporated"

Robert McElroy.

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A Scottish poet, Joseph Wright wrote...

AYE WORK AWA'.

Help yoursel' whaure'er ye gang Aye work awa' !

'Mang the simmer's sunshine an' the cheerless winter's snaw,

Never lippen to yer freens tho' they may loudly blaw

Help yoursel' whaure'er ye gang Aye work awa' !

Fortune favours them wha work aye wi' a busy haun' ;

Folk'll ne'er win forrit if they at the fira-en' staun' ;

Look before ye loup baith in meikle things an' sma' ;

Tak' a' things in a canny way, an' aye work awa'.

I have no idea if this is Rangers related, or it might just be that "Aye work awa'" was a popular old fashioned turn of phrase.

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