Scottish Words tagged with: canoe - 4 posts.

Shark like creature in the sea is shouting at a canoeist in a green canoe exiting the rapids of a river accompanied by a dog while a puma and bear look on in amazement from the rocky shore consisting of boulders, sloping gravel, pine trees, and distant mountains in the mist.

Scottish Word: Sterv.

Tags: bear, canoe, fish, lion, mist, rapids, rocks

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 … Continue reading Sterv. →

bear, canoe, fish, lion, mist, rapids, rocks

A giant brown trout cruising under a fisherman on a stone bridge and a canoeist.

Scottish Word: Troot.

Tags: bridge, canoe, fish, fisherman, kilt, trees

Jings it’s the muckle minginishrie broon troot. Gey rare. If I wiz you I wid bide still and no cairry-oan like a fly oan tap o the watter, ye dinni want tae end up a catch … Continue reading Troot. →

bridge, canoe, fish, fisherman, kilt, trees

Funamental scientists and water and gunpowder and mistaken understanding of mass, friction and acceleration.

Scottish Word: Smeddum.

Tags: cannon, canoe, clipboard, experiment, gunpowder, match, pen, scientist, water

“This battart’s so fou o smeddum we’ll crack the Canoe World Water Speed Record for sure.” Translate: smeddum: spirit, energy; strength and essence. “This small cannon is so full of power we’ll crack the Canoe World … Continue reading Smeddum. →

cannon, canoe, clipboard, experiment, gunpowder, match, pen, scientist, water

Bashed and bruised kayaker with remnants of a ruined kayak around his waist.

Scottish Word: Linn.

Tags: canoe, dents, goggles, recreation, sport, water, waterfall

“Jings … at wis a linn o tummel an no mistake!” Translate: linn: waterfall, usually of a narrow gorge. “My goodness … that was a waterfall full of tumbling and no mistake!” The Scottish Word: linn … Continue reading Linn. →

canoe, dents, goggles, recreation, sport, water, waterfall