“Noo hud yer wheesht fur a minute my fine bowsie able lookin puddocks and puddockesses, and I will read tae yez what I huv written oan the menu here.” Translate: bowsie: big, fat, corpulent, puffed up. … Continue reading Bowsie.
“What sort of beffan bowsie dockety drochle slag o a scaddin’s stuffed their belly wi the Plum Duff and aw the Yule Bannock!? ” Translate: bannock: type of bread. The Yule Bannock was prepared at Christmas, circular … Continue reading Bannock.
“Och ye puir thing, yer no able tae mak oot the screivins oan the sign, an the grund’s aw stoory an scrochen cos o drooth. But hae nae fear, the watter hole’s thon wye.” Translate: scrochen, … Continue reading Scrochen.