{"id":1190,"date":"2024-10-24T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2024-11-01T15:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:26:46","slug":"scotstober-week-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotstober Week Two."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week two. Each October a list, one for each day of 30 Scottish words, is published. Scotstober as an event is for fun, inviting anyone to have a go and publish the result on social media under the hashtag #Scotstober.<\/p>\n<p>It can be a drawing, sculpture, poem, collage, blog entry, song, joke, story, comic, or whatever the day\u2019s word inspires you to make. Do Scotstober every day of October or just the days that take your fancy. There are no rules.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 08: Lang.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1191\" style=\"width: 921px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/08-scotstober-lang\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1191 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08-scotstober-lang.png\" alt=\"Two girls explaining to a discombobulated boy the rules of the game that they are playing with a big dog. In Scots: We\u2019re hae\u2019n a competition tae see hoo lang we can streek the dugs slaver frae its mou afore it braks. The langest distance oot o ten tries or tae when the dug gangs hame is the winner. Nae measurin via the droop, it\u2019s gotta be a straicht measure. We\u2019ve been feedin it brussels sproots. Translate: lang: long. In English: We\u2019re having a competition to see how long we can stretch the dogs slobber from its mouth before it breaks. The longest distance out of ten tries or to when the dog goes home is the winner. No measuring via the droop, it\u2019s gotta be a straight measure. We\u2019ve been feeding it brussels sprouts.\" width=\"921\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08-scotstober-lang.png 921w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08-scotstober-lang-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08-scotstober-lang-768x655.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 08 Scotstober. Lang: long<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>word 09: Haiver.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1192\" style=\"width: 923px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/09-scotstober-haiver\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1192\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09-scotstober-haiver.png\" alt=\"Servant with hot water bottle is disturbing his master in bed, pointing out the cottage window excitedly at aliens and a flying saucer.In Scots: \u201cAwa an wheesht min, yir haiverin!\u201d Translate: haiverin: talking foolishly. In English: \u201cGo away and be silent man, you are speaking nonsense!\u201d \" width=\"923\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09-scotstober-haiver.png 923w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09-scotstober-haiver-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09-scotstober-haiver-768x529.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 09 Scotstober. Haiver: to talk nonsense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 10: Thole.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1193\" style=\"width: 921px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/10-scotstober-2024-thole\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1193\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/10-scotstober-2024-thole.png\" alt=\"A seated Laird roped by the waist to a free-standing wicker chair is gesticulating at his worried looking manservant who is standing by holding a cord, the other end of which is attached to a big bag of bricks teetering on the edge of a low wall overlooking a sheer drop of great distance.In Scots: Ah canni thole this torture onie longer John. Dae yer duty. Tie yer unbrakable cord fast tae this damned tuith ahn kick the bricks oer the cliff. Dinni look sae worried MAN! Ahm no goin anywhere I'm weel yokit tae this chair by stout rope, cos for tae quote the Bard.\u2028&quot;Where'er that place be priests ca' hell,\u2028Where a' the tones o' misery yell,\u2028And ranked plagues their numbers tell,\u2028In dreadfu' raw,\u2028Thou, Tooth-ache, surely bear'st the bell,\u2028Amang them a'!&quot; Translate: thole: To suffer, to be subjected to or afflicted with, to have to bear or endure. In English: I cannot bear this torture any longer John. Do your duty. Tie your unbreakable cord fast to this damned tooth and kick the bricks over the cliff. Don't look so worried MAN! I'm not going anywhere I'm well tied to this chair by stout rope, because to quote the Bard. \u201c \u2026 \u201c\" width=\"921\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/10-scotstober-2024-thole.png 921w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/10-scotstober-2024-thole-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/10-scotstober-2024-thole-768x711.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 01 Scotstober. Thole: To suffer, to be subjected to or afflicted with, to have to bear or endure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 11: Bile:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1194\" style=\"width: 922px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/11-scotstober-2024-bile\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1194\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1194\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11-scotstober-2024-bile.png\" alt=\"A Rat sipping wine, a Dragon heating a kettle with its breath and a Unicorn knitting are sitting around a picnic on a pleasant summer's evening.In Scots: I think the kettle's bilin noo Sparky, onie mair heat and ye'll hae its erse melted awa. And whaur'll we be with oor tea perty then! Oot! Oot o tea. That's what. Noo pit yer bilet water intae the teapot - ahm gaspin for a cuppa and yin o thon cakes. Ahn in the future listen tae yer kettle, when it biles it sings. Translate: bile: boil In English: I think the kettle is boiling now Sparky, any more heat and you will melt away its bottom. And where will we be with our tea party then! Out! Out of tea. That's what. Now put your boiled water into the teapot - I'm gasping for a cuppa and one of these cakes. And in the future listen to your kettle, when it boils it sings.\" width=\"922\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11-scotstober-2024-bile.png 922w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11-scotstober-2024-bile-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/11-scotstober-2024-bile-768x687.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 11 Scotstober. Bile: boil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 12: Jouk.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1195\" style=\"width: 916px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/12-scotstober-2024-jouk\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1195\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1195\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12-scotstober-2024-jouk.png\" alt=\"Pugilists, one standing, one not, in the ring.In Scots: \u201cAw his joukin aboot wis a waste o space.&quot; Translate: jouk: duck, dodge, avoid. In English: \u201cAll his ducking and dodging about was without value and lacking in worth.&quot;\" width=\"916\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12-scotstober-2024-jouk.png 916w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12-scotstober-2024-jouk-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12-scotstober-2024-jouk-768x670.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 12 Scotstober. Jouk: duck, dodge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 13: Cuddy.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1196\" style=\"width: 922px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/13-scotstober-2024-cuddie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1196\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1196\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/13-scotstober-2024-cuddie.png\" alt=\"A distressed haggisean galloping along the hillside uttering its bagpippean call of distress pursued by a highlander on a small sturdy horse during the final stages of the hunt.In Scots: 'Mad Hielander on a canterin cuddy aboot tae lassoo the Haggis whilst in its bagpippean skirl of distress.' Translate: cuddy, cuddie: a horse, a short thick strong horse. In English: 'Insane Highlander upon a cantering horse about to lasso a Haggis while it is in the throes of its bagpippean piercing call of distress.' Haggis recipe. Use the legs, skin, beak and pistle to make bagpipes. Then stuff all the remaining meat and organs into the stomach of a sheep along with loads of spice. Tie it off with a stout knot and boil the lot until sterilised. Serve the result with mashed turnip and plenty of fresh ground black pepper.\" width=\"922\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/13-scotstober-2024-cuddie.png 922w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/13-scotstober-2024-cuddie-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/13-scotstober-2024-cuddie-768x661.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 13 Scotstober. Cuddy: a horse, a short thick strong horse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 14: Gowster.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1197\" style=\"width: 926px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/14-scotstober-2024-gowster\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1197\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-scotstober-2024-gowster.png\" alt=\"Mouse on the mouse trap is narrowly missed by the spiked hammer swinging overhead resulting in skinned knuckles, toes and ears cropped short plus the cheese bait in its hands got chopped in two.In Scots: Oooyah! Ah thocht ye were a gowster for certie there Widdles. That wiz a close squeek, yir cheese is in twa. Translate: gowster: goner, turned into a ghost. In English: Oh my gosh! I thought you were a goner for certain there Widdles. That was a close squeak, your cheese is in two.\" width=\"926\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-scotstober-2024-gowster.png 926w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-scotstober-2024-gowster-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/14-scotstober-2024-gowster-768x588.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 14 Scotstober. Gowster: goner, turned into a ghost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Word 15: Puddock.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1198\" style=\"width: 923px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/15-scotstober-2024-puddock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1198\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1198\" src=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/15-scotstober-2024-puddock.png\" alt=\"A person being ill while leaning on a dyke while a toad relishes its breakfast of a greasy slug at the base of the wall.In Scots: \u2018The diet of a puddock wid gar ye boke.' Translate: puddock: frog Rana or (in this illustration) toad Bufo vulgaris. In English: \u2018The diet of a toad is enough to make one vomit.'\" width=\"923\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/15-scotstober-2024-puddock.png 923w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/15-scotstober-2024-puddock-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/15-scotstober-2024-puddock-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word 15 Scotstober. Puddock: frog Rana or (in this illustration) toad Bufo vulgaris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Scotstober 2024.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Week one<\/strong>: 1 tyne, 2 dicht, 3 noo, 4 haar, 5 clype, 6 boak, 7 tap.<br \/>\n<strong>Week two<\/strong>: 8 lang, 9 haiver, 10 thole, 11 bile, 12 jouk, 13 cuddie, 14 gowster, 15 puddock.<br \/>\n<strong>Week three<\/strong>: 16 howff, 17 lum, 18 tuim, 19 squint, 20 heilan, 21 sook, 22 heid.<br \/>\n<strong>Week four<\/strong>: 23 gled, 24 coo, 25 ben, 26 knap, 27 toon, 28 poke, 29 forret, 30 smirr, 31 neep, tumshie, baigie.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week two. Each October a list, one for each day of 30 Scottish words, is published. Scotstober as an event is for fun, inviting anyone to have a go and publish the result on social media under the hashtag #Scotstober. It can be a drawing, sculpture, poem, collage, blog entry, song, joke, story, comic, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/scotstober-week-two\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scotstober Week Two.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stooryduster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}