Sour faced customer confronts craftsman in his workshop over an imagined fault in the finished product.
The Scottish Word:

Eeriorums.

Weel ahv got yer comprehensive instructions fu o detailed eeriorums yiv scrieved fur me here.

And I followed them tae the letter ahn wi witnesses that’ll swear tae it.

So, wid ye like tae mou that complaint again Dorris?

Translate:

eeriorums: Particulars, details, fancy work, fuss.

Well I have your comprehensive instructions full of detailed particulars you wrote for me here.

And I followed them to the letter and I have witnesses that will swear to it.

So, would you like to state that complaint again Dorris?

′i:riorʌms
The Scottish Word: eeriorums with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

The lady is loosely based on Dorries who complained – and is probably still complaining – that she didn’t get a Knighthood from Boris Johnson.

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