“Ahm sorry but there’s nae denyin it. Ye’ve got a skellie ee.”
Translate:
skellie: squint, strabismus, abnormal alignment of the eyes.
“I am sorry but there is no denying it. You have a squint.”
![[skellie spelled out in the phonetic alphabet.]](/comics/phonetics/skelieph.gif){kind=small}
Flawed – in so many ways.
The Scottish Word: skellie with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.
Had to smile. I couldn’t get to an optician during lockdown to sort out my developing skellie eye. I visited the optician 2 days ago and new specs will be ready next week. With luck, I won’t be seeing 2 of your cartoons at the same time from next week.
Stay safe.