"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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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.”
