Scottish Words illustrated

Diddle (No Comments)

Stooryduster — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"Diddle tae yer daddie, diddle tae ye dee, didlle tae the didderums o ma fee, I’m the Lord o the diddle, so sez me." Translated: diddle: dance with a jiggling movement. "Dance to your daddie, dance till you die, dance to the whims of my settlement, I am the Lord of the dance, so say [...]

Rackle (No Comments)

Stooryduster — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"Pouin thon rackle’s mair like tae sink us than empty the room dae ye no think?" Translated: rackle: a chain, small chain on a pipe stem attaching the lid and a pin for cleanin it out, noise of a moving chain. "Pulling that chain is more likely to sink us rather than empty the room [...]

Bouk (4 Comments)

Stooryduster — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"I’m sick o humphin his muckle bouk frae rink tae rink an side tae side. If he’s no willin tae tak his dunts n dings like a man he’ll never learn. Let him fa." Translated: bouk: body of a person. "I am fed up of carrying his great carcass from rink to rink and from [...]

Crotly (1 Comment)

Stooryduster — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"We huv tae caw canny, the signal frae the doomed flicht wis crotly an this, the best an absolutely last crittel frae their final signal, means nothin, even tae oor brawest brains." Translated: crotly: fragmentary, crumbly. "We must proceed carefully, the transmission from the doomed flight was fragmentary and this, the best and absolutely last [...]

Gairdner (3 Comments)

Stooryduster — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"I dinni think it’s sic a big secret massel. Ye can see it clearly oan google earth, it’s oan the estate plan an the auld gairdner keeps giein the hinges a reglar ile." Translated: gairdner:gardener. "I don’t think it’s such a big secret myself. You can see it clearly on google earth, it’s on the [...]

Tirlie (2 Comments)

Stooryduster — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"Spankie like noo lads! Ah need tae be awa shairp like wi the tirlie fully chairged tae win." Translated: tirlie: something which curls, spins, or twirls round; an intricate device or mechanism. "Nimble and quick now lads. I need to be away sharpish with the mechanism fully wound to win this race." t?rl? shiny.

Bysyn (1 Comment)

Stooryduster — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"Quick ma braw wee green bysyn o as yet unkent an unruleful thouchts – gie ye back oot o ken ahent the covers or ye’ll be scowdered awa." Translated: bysyn, bysun, bysning: a monster, a marvel. "Quick, my fine small green monsters of as yet unknown and unruly ideas – get back out of sight [...]

Ert (No Comments)

Stooryduster — Mon, 28 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"Keep makin airt an ne-er gie heed tae hoo long it”ll bide. It aw casts awa an becomes bum wipe in the end. But mind, ert is no what it is it’s whit it does." Translated: ert, airt: art. "Keep making art and never give a thought to how long it might stay around. It [...]

Gangyls (No Comments)

Stooryduster — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"He’s weel kent as ‘a gutts an gangyls’, slocherin doon onythin that passes. It’s why he gies aff stinks mair ramsh an reekit than the guff o the swamp." Translated: a gutts an gangyls: nothing but stomach and legs, only fit for eating and walking. "He’s well known as being all stomach and legs, gobbling [...]

Awfy (No Comments)

Stooryduster — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

"Ahm tellin ye Prozack we’re well oot o it, it’s only a matter o time til the auld dowf drops oor universe while exercisin up an doon the stairs. Particularly wi those awfie sclaffie baffies he’s got on." Translated: awfie, awfy, awfu: awful, extremely. "I am just saying Prozack we are well out of it, [...]