I’m warnin ye human. My kind are stervin here an if ye go oot to sea ahm gonna huv ye for mha tea.
Huv you seen the state o the coastal seafloor aroond here wi the actions o yer kin and their deep sea trawlers.
It’s like if on the land ye ploughed an entire mountainside o forest doon tae the bedrock jist tae get a wheel-barra fu o pine nuts.
Wid ye allow that if ye saw it!? Yer aw insane. Stay on yer island – we’re murderous hungert oot here.
Translate:
sterv: suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.
I’m warning you human. My kind are starving here and if you go out to sea I’m going to have you for my dinner.
Have you seen the state of the coastal seafloor around here with the actions of your kindred and their deep sea trawlers.
It’s like if on the land you ploughed up an entire mountainside of forest down to the bedrock just to get a wheel-barrow full of pine nuts.
Would you allow that if you saw it!? You’re all insane. Stay on your island – we’re murderously hungry out here.
The Scottish Word: sterv with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.
“As populations of many fish species dwindle due to intensive commercial fishing effort, bottom trawling outfits are searching for new fishing grounds in ever-deeper regions of oceans around the world. However, this new study indicates that deeper ocean bottoms are also being affected by trawling, as the nets destroy delicate seafloor ecosystems at a level akin to desertification.” More detail at: Mongabay.com Is the trawling fishing method turning seafloors to ‘deserts’? (May: 2014.)
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