Scottish Words tagged with: cars - 3 posts.

Self drive electric car still driving about in the devastated dead wastelands of our future and dreams of his oil powered ancestors back in the day when even a short drive covered the windscreen in multitudes of difficult to clean off squashed insects.

Scottish Word: Tyne.

Tags: cars, dust, duster, insect, ruins, skulls, wheel

I dinni miss them that I used tae cairt aboot nor them that were on mha road for I wid be sure tae tyne their life. It’s cos o them that I huv no contact wi … Continue reading Tyne. →

cars, dust, duster, insect, ruins, skulls, wheel

The dream of proving clockwork as an alternative to fossil fuels as the ground crew rush up with the big clockwork key and tin of machine oil.

Scottish Word: Tirlie.

Tags: action, automobile, car, cars, clockwork, cloud, convertible, fire extinguisher, helmet, key, red

“Spankie like noo lads! Ah need tae be awa shairp like wi the tirlie fully chairged tae win.” Translate: tirlie: something which curls, spins, or twirls round; an intricate device or mechanism. “Nimble and quick now … Continue reading Tirlie. →

action, automobile, car, cars, clockwork, cloud, convertible, fire extinguisher, helmet, key, red

Town police in the countryside digging stranded cars up to the door out of deep snow on New Year's day.

Scottish Word: Blaw.

Tags: breathalyzer, car, cars, cold, law, new year, police, policeman, shovel, snow, winter

“Happy New Year. An wid ye gie us a wee blaw intae this breathalyser please.” Translate: blaw: blow. “Happy New Year. And would you please blow into this breathalyser for me.” The Scottish Word: blaw with … Continue reading Blaw. →