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Search Results for: awricht - 7 Scottish word posts.

Shouting for help on how he should announce that he is wanting entrance through the extensive glass frontage.

Scottish Word: Awricht.

Tags: bell, door, glass, knocker, receptionist, risk, stupid

Shouting for help on how he should announce that he is wanting entrance through the extensive glass frontage.

“Hoi! Hoi you! Is it awricht if I chap wi this thing or is there a door bell for the sake of safety?” Translate: awricht: all right, permissible, allowable. “Hoi! Hoi you! Is it permissible to … Continue reading Awricht. →

bell, door, glass, knocker, receptionist, risk, stupid
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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.

Scottish Word: Piece-time.

Tags: cloud, fish, goggles, mermaid, sea, sky

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.

Richt, I’ve telt Wincel here that come his piece-time he’s jist tae dive two minutes at a time fur catchin his fish. That’ll gi ye a chance o a gasp o air atween times. Awricht? He’ll … Continue reading Piece-time. →

cloud, fish, goggles, mermaid, sea, sky
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Jonesey the cat on the Nostromo 'negotiating' with the Alien in a dark steamy engineering corridor – the secret ways of all cats.

Scottish Word: Kippage.

Tags: alien, cat, claws, machinery, pipe, steam, tail, teeth

Jonesey the cat on the Nostromo 'negotiating' with the Alien in a dark steamy engineering corridor – the secret ways of all cats.

Here’s hoo its goin tae go doon. As ye weel ken – us cats rule the multiverses – as it’s aye been – and it’ll go very bad for your species if ye deal oot onie … Continue reading Kippage. →

alien, cat, claws, machinery, pipe, steam, tail, teeth
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Mummy predator is doing the dishes while dad is upstairs in the nest reading a bedtime story to the youngest.

Scottish Word: Cuik.

Tags: birds, book, branches, dishwasher, leaves, mug, skulls

Mummy predator is doing the dishes while dad is upstairs in the nest reading a bedtime story to the youngest.

Och faither yer scratcher time cuik buik’s awricht in its way. But dae ye no hae a vegan version? Ahm seek o meat, ah dinni mind tellin ye. And scoffin less o it is one wey … Continue reading Cuik. →

birds, book, branches, dishwasher, leaves, mug, skulls
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Two men, one with his helmet off, in space suits but only the boots, helmet and torso of the suit - no trousers element.

Scottish Word: Steivel.

Tags: helmet, pink, shoes, space, spacesuit, sunshine, underwear

Two men, one with his helmet off, in space suits but only the boots, helmet and torso of the suit - no trousers element.

“Aye, it seems fine tae me, we’re awricht, it’s no a vacuum efter aw. If it wiz oor erses’d be tae the wind wi-oot oor stievel breeks oan. Wooly long johns is nae protection I can … Continue reading Steivel. →

helmet, pink, shoes, space, spacesuit, sunshine, underwear
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Young officer's imaginings of great glory in martial endeavours meets the bloody carnage of reality.

Scottish Word: Trollie-bags.

Tags: blood, Death, gun, mud, rifle, sergeant, soldiers, trenches, uniform, war

Young officer's imaginings of great glory in martial endeavours meets the bloody carnage of reality.

“He’ll be awricht in a minute, it’s the first time he’s seen trollie-bags stewn aboot willy nilly – or aataw for that matter.” Translate: trollie-bags: intestines or entrails. “He will be fine in a minute, it … Continue reading Trollie-bags. →

blood, Death, gun, mud, rifle, sergeant, soldiers, trenches, uniform, war
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The mouse giving advice is not at all as close to the trap as the one tugging at the bait.

Scottish Word: Pou.

Tags: bait, cheese, Death, hunger, mice, mouse, trap

The mouse giving advice is not at all as close to the trap as the one tugging at the bait.

“Yer awricht so far, try gi’in it a harder pou.” Translate: pou: pull. “You’re all right so far, try giving it a harder pull.” The Scottish Word: pou with its definition and its meaning illustrated and … Continue reading Pou. →

bait, cheese, Death, hunger, mice, mouse, trap
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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.
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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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