“Could yiz tak yersels aff an peck at the girse somewhere else. Ah’m tryin tae sleep doon here.”
yiz, yez, yaes, youz: you (plural), you lot.
“Could you take yourselves off and peck at the grass somewhere else. I am trying to sleep down here.”
early. Too early.
If only we could rise with the larks what things we could accomplish.
Instead we concrete over our gardens, pull the blinds, stick pods in our ears or drowse at the TV.
We live by digital clock time instead of real world time and I think it is costing us a lot.
Go camping in the mountains without any electronics and reconnect with the world is my advice.
Rise with the light and go to bed after watching the sunset.
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hehehe… you have a delightful sense of humor! Nice one Scottie!
Very funny – great character, reminds me of a Still Game character.
Just like American regional youns (you’uns), youse, yas, and y’all. First we drop thee and thou, then we have to make up plural you again.
A couple of my friends in New York were messing around somewhere once and somebody yelled at them, “Get outta dere, da boat a yas!”
Starting to get a feel for your age now, a “fallout shelter”, The kids here, think thats where you hide, under the picnic shelter, when the Canada geese are returning to the lake at dusk, after feeding in the corn fields all afternoon.
Had to read “Mikes” reply twice before I understood.