Scottish Words tagged with: couch - 3 posts.

Girl with long blond hair reclines on a settee with many cushions arm dangling over the back while the other hangs down close to her glass of red wine on the floor. An herbal cigarette in her mouth glows and smoke rises into the night. At her feet a cat sits on the arm of the settee beside the head of a big dog resting its chin, behind them is a goldfish bowl where a nonplussed goldfish stares up at a gesticulating white Cockatoo waving its wing at the girl and haranguing the crew from its perch that dangles from the ceiling.

Scottish Word: Dover.

Tags: bubbles, couch, goldfish, parrot, smoking, wine

See! She’s a daidlin drochlin mawtent! Which wan o youz is gonna roose her oot o her mense-deleerin dover tae haun oot scran. I want fed! Translate: Dover: to doze, to fall into a light sleep. … Continue reading Dover. →

bubbles, couch, goldfish, parrot, smoking, wine

Laser scalpel mistakenly in use as an instrument for an examination of the inner eye.

Scottish Word: Keek.

Tags: couch, doctor, eye, eyes, injury, laser, optometrist, patient

“What de ye mean it’s fell sair? Ah’m only takin a wee keek.” Translate: keek: peek. “What do you mean it is acutely painful? I am only taking a little quick look” The Scottish Word: keek … Continue reading Keek. →

couch, doctor, eye, eyes, injury, laser, optometrist, patient

Beery cheery fellows well met in the thick cigarette smoke and much whisky of their choosing.

Scottish Word: Wha’s.

Tags: Age, ashtray, beard, beer, cigarette, couch, drinking, men, old, smoke, smoking, Whisky

A Scottish Toast: “Wha’s like Us? – Damn few . . . – an they’re aw deid.” Translate: wha’s: who is. “Who is like Us? – Not very many . . . – and they are … Continue reading Wha’s. →