Disrespect to a local native witch doctor can have unfortunate consequences along the lines of having your own personal tiny thunderstorm.
The Scottish Word:

Falset loon.

“Ah telt ye you shouldni hae caw’d him a falset loon even tho you thoucht he didni ken whit it meant.”

Translate:

falset loon: lying person, charlatan.

“I warned you that you should not have called him a charlatan even though you thought he did not know what it meant.”

ˡfɑsət lun

Spare a thought and some cash for the victims of flooding.

Not just for Australia which has a sturdy infrastructure and relative wealth.

But for all those world wide that have suffered from flooding and especially those who had very little to begin with and relied on their land and gardens for survival.

Disasters Emergency Committee. An umbrella organisation for 13 humanitarian aid agencies including Oxfam, World Vision, Red Cross and Islamic relief.

The Scottish Word: falset loun with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

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