Scottish Words tagged with: chairs - 4 posts.

Two men, one with a red baseball cap feeding broken pieces of chair into a small fire while above them on a damp satined wall mottled with mould is an equally flaking poster showing Musk with toy rocket and bean counting paraphernalia, RFK Junior with pink toilet roll streaming into the distance and a shattered hypodermic and Trump with nothing but a useless bow acting as the horsemen of the apocalypse with death following on a skeleton horse catching up at speed to reclaim the horses.

Scottish Word: Haveles.

Tags: axe, chairs, crown, fireplace, rocket, skeleton, television

It’s a sin is it no that a country fou o individuals wi mair siller than a thousand bodies can spend in a lifetime is also fou o the maist haveles. An too many o them … Continue reading Haveles. →

axe, chairs, crown, fireplace, rocket, skeleton, television

Alice, Mad Hatter, Mad Hare, Dormouse and a table of Scottish bakery goods.

Scottish Word: Deleerit.

Tags: baking, biscuits, bun, butter, chairs, goggles, hat, jam, monacle, mouse, pyjamas, roses, scones, shortbread, sugar, teacup, treacle

Nae the full shilling, awa in the heid, affen the knot, gytit, no wice, a nine bob note, dementit, deleerit? No a bit o it lassie. Translate: deleerit: delirious, insane, mad. In an incomplete state of … Continue reading Deleerit. →

baking, biscuits, bun, butter, chairs, goggles, hat, jam, monacle, mouse, pyjamas, roses, scones, shortbread, sugar, teacup, treacle

Game of cards disrupted by a coach and horses crashing in through the door of the saloon.

Scottish Word: Yokit.

Tags: bar, beard, cards, carrot, chairs, curtain, dog, horses, lamp, mexican, mule, old man, piano, pony, Whisky, window

“Ye’ve been warned afore Resbow – yokit yir mule tae a post o its very own. Hoo mony times dae ye hae tae be telt.” Translate: yokit, yoke, yolk: attach, join, unite (to a carriage or … Continue reading Yokit. →

bar, beard, cards, carrot, chairs, curtain, dog, horses, lamp, mexican, mule, old man, piano, pony, Whisky, window

Afternoon tea with sticky buns and a dog and man looking on.

Scottish Word: Yivvery.

Tags: begging, cake, chairs, cups, dog, food, milk, napkins, plates, saliva, saucers, tea

“You two can sod off and stap yivverin efter my cake. Yiv eaten ivvery bit o youz’s.” Translate: yivvery, aiverie, aevery:desirous, anxious – to do with hunger. “You two can sod off and stop lusting after … Continue reading Yivvery. →