"Hoi what’s that guff – huv ye scowdered ma toast interferin wi that machine again?" Translated: scowder: burn, over-toast. "Hey what’s that smell – have you burnt my toast interfering with that machine again?" expired As a young bachelor with my first flat I inherited an old bakelite toaster from my work coffee area which [...]
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“Yir pallie-fittit, auld an dwaible, use ma skateboard man or ye’ll nivir mak it hame alive.” Translated: pallie-fittit: one with a damaged, delicate or stunted foot. “You are troubled with an injured foot, old and a weakened person, use my skateboard man or you will never make it home alive.” perspective. The downside of age [...]
“Right! You pilk the goosegogs and I’ll get the jeelie pan on.” Translated: pilk: top and tail, shell, peel. “Right! You top and tail the gooseberries and I’ll get the jam making pan heating on the stove.”
“Elsie, yiv nae need tae speld the tinnie wi yir steroidal can opener. There’s a wee pou tab on tinnies noo.” Translated: speld: cut, slice open. “Elsie, you have no need to slice the tin open with your can opener on steroids. There is a little pull tab on tins now.”