Scottish Word: Thraw.
Yerd, cauld bleezin, thraws a raggit cleuk tae ruik the sky ahn frae that mirken scartit maw the arras spew doon tae die. Yin burd flees n caws aboon, minted tae smuir adoon that maw, t’ither … Continue reading Thraw.
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Scottish Word: Pernicketie.
“Ah’m no wanting to be ower pernicketie Doctor F. but I think there’s somethin awry here, I jist canni put ma finger on it.” Translate: pernicketie, pirnickitie: very precise, obsessed by detail, fussy. “I do not … Continue reading Pernicketie.
Scottish Word: Skew-whiff.
“Nae doot aboot it. They’re aw skew-whiff. We’ll hae tae dae them aw again.” Translate: skew-whiff: awry, squint, this way and that. “No doubt about it. They are all this way and that. We will have … Continue reading Skew-whiff.