Man and boy smoking big pipes shelter under a tarpaulin on the roof of a flooded car in the pouring rain.
The Scottish Word:

Noo.

Noo Erchie dinni mind the reek, an dinni worry forbye for oor car’s yokit tae a tree.

These blootering deluges o noo an times will pass an the water’ll run awa doon the glen as afore.

But keep yer pipe smuchterin an ready tae fire up for ye ken the midges will be oot in full force the meenit the last drap’s dropped.

In aw oor climate meddlin naebuddy thocht tae tyne the midges.

Translate:

noo: now.

Now Archibald do not mind the smog, an don’t worry also as our car’s harnessed to a tree.

These hammering deluges we get nowadays will pass and the water will run away down the glen as in the past.

But keep your pipe smouldering and ready to fire up for you know the midges will be out in full force the minute the last drip’s dropped.

In all our climate meddling nobody thought to lose the midges.

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

(This is a Scotstober 2024 Word.)

All of the Scotstober words illustrated for week one are available to scroll through on a single page here.

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