The wee man peeks out from under the steps, looking for his friend the anemone man.
The Scottish Word:

Speir.

“Whaur’s the wee tottie man wha lives under the stairs?” Speired the anemone man.

Translate:

speir: enquire, ask a question.

“Where’s the little tiny man who lives under the stairs?” Enquired the anemone man.

[speir spelled out in the phonetic alphabet.]
The Scottish Word: speir 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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