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Search Results for: anaw well - 8 Scottish word posts.

Patient being spooned medicine by tiny NHS helpers.

Scottish Word: Peerie.

Tags: bed, blanket, gloves, hoods, pullover, spoon

Patient being spooned medicine by tiny NHS helpers.

Them wee peerie folk are all ye get free on the NHS in England noo but they’re why yer faither swallies his medicine. Cos they’re sae peerie he thinks he’s deleerit ahn the medicine isnie real … Continue reading Peerie. →

bed, blanket, gloves, hoods, pullover, spoon
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Comic: Countryside Ranger McPhiz turns into super ranger to reprimand severely a litter lout.

Scottish Word: Sowff.

Tags: cape, car, comic, hammock, ranger, tin, trees, wellies

Comic: Countryside Ranger McPhiz turns into super ranger to reprimand severely a litter lout.

McPhiz, Spud and Super Ranger. [An aff duty meenit for Spud the Squirrel.] [When … ] DUNT! Spud: “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” [Countryside Ranger McPhiz WAS haein a sowff anaw.] Whang! Poomph! Whipple! CRASH! clang! Spud: “ERK!” McPhiz: “A … Continue reading Sowff. →

cape, car, comic, hammock, ranger, tin, trees, wellies
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Man in sailing boat talking to a Walrus.

Scottish Word: Chancy.

Tags: boat, cigarette, crow, flag, ropes, seal

Man in sailing boat talking to a Walrus.

Ah’m affy chancy ye ken tae have a musician perched oan the nok. He can sing anaw. Naebuddy I Ken’s sae chancy as me tae say they hae a craw’s nest wi a craw, braw singer … Continue reading Chancy. →

boat, cigarette, crow, flag, ropes, seal
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The gaseous trapped corpse of the pirate captain Windy Wuntle Windlestrae discovered preserved underwater.

Scottish Word: Pushionous.

Tags: boat, bubbles, corpse, diver, hose, masks, peg

The gaseous trapped corpse of the pirate captain Windy Wuntle Windlestrae discovered preserved underwater.

It’s the remains o Pirate Captain Windy Wuntle Windlestrae richt eneuch, preserved oer the years by his weel kent aboundant pushionous pumps. His peg leg sauf here anaw. Pirate Captain Windy Wuntle Windlestrae. [part 2 of … Continue reading Pushionous. →

boat, bubbles, corpse, diver, hose, masks, peg
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Artist in a worn jacket and cords with a wooden leg and a stump for a right arm explaining his painting to a potential buyer in a macintosh and waterproof trousers. It is a large oil portrait on the wall of a zombie on a dark and stormy night up to its armpits in murky water wading towards the viewer.

Scottish Word: Wantin an Erm.

Tags: artist, canvas, painting, water

Artist in a worn jacket and cords with a wooden leg and a stump for a right arm explaining his painting to a potential buyer in a macintosh and waterproof trousers. It is a large oil portrait on the wall of a zombie on a dark and stormy night up to its armpits in murky water wading towards the viewer.

Thon giant zombie took me by surprise ye ken. I managed tae bash its brains oot wi my machete afore I realised I wiz wantin an erm. Guid job ah’m corrie fisted. It wisni till I … Continue reading Wantin an Erm. →

artist, canvas, painting, water
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Igor and Dracula with an abundance of bats in the Belfry.

Scottish Word: Bawkie.

Tags: bats, cape, castle, igor, moon, stairs, vampire

Igor and Dracula with an abundance of bats in the Belfry.

I’m o the opeenion Igor, that ye need tae cut back oan yer bawkie restoration programme. No least because o the nummer o flies ye hae tae breed tae feed them. Ye’ll get me a warse … Continue reading Bawkie. →

bats, cape, castle, igor, moon, stairs, vampire
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Mother in law and her dog rocket out of the sky to land on her son in law's back on the way up a Corbett.

Scottish Word: Humph.

Tags: compass, dog, hill, kilt, mother in law, mountain, path, poacher, pocket, salmon, stick, umbrella, walk

Mother in law and her dog rocket out of the sky to land on her son in law's back on the way up a Corbett.

“Yer punishment and yer curse for dissin yer betters is tae humph yer inlaw an her dug up iviry Corbett in the land. An think yersel lucky I dinni mak it Munros anaw.” Translate: humph, hump: … Continue reading Humph. →

compass, dog, hill, kilt, mother in law, mountain, path, poacher, pocket, salmon, stick, umbrella, walk
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Black mask, striped top and hood makes out the door with a purse from out of the bag.

Scottish Word: Kithan.

Tags: bag, butcher, cleaver, disguise, mask, shop, thief

Black mask, striped top and hood makes out the door with a purse from out of the bag.

“Yir nithin but an athegither kithan an ye dress like een anaw.” Translate: kithan: rascal, blackguard, a tricky person. “You are nothing but a complete blackguard and you dress like one as well.” The Scottish Word: … Continue reading Kithan. →

bag, butcher, cleaver, disguise, mask, shop, thief
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Girl with a handful of botanical posters of clover, devils bit scabious, and narrow leaved plantain yelling at her brother who is lying in the grass among daisies and buttercups admiring the seed heads of rib-wort plantain (scabiosa lanceolata). All on a sunny day.
Curl-doddy
Two women in protective head scarfs and greatcoats with a gas powered heater emitting steam strapped to their backs stroll in front of two brutalist style apartment blocks where a couple with a fire burning in the hallway peer out. Meanwhile ash and dust fall like snow from a blackened sky.
Fliskie.
A dolphin on the surface of a calm sea and has red a contraption fitted to its back with wires running from a steering wheel to suckers attached to its flippers. Sitting in the open cockpit of the contraption sits a man with goggles and a snorkel listening to a mermaid that only has her head above the translucent waters.
Piece-time.
A male and female dwarf with red pointy hats, blue aprons and gardening implements are harvesting large red berries from a large leafy fruitful plant that is watching them from eyes in its root below ground. The view below ground shows the large gnarled root clutching the bones of previous burials in amongst the earth and stones.
Vivre.

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