Scottish Words tagged with: fog - 3 posts.

The owl gets the fright of its life and is lucky to only lose a few feathers as the blind mice warned by reverse engineering a gramophone into an early warning listening device lash out with baseball bats.

Scottish Word: Slee.

Tags: blind, fog, gramophone, grass, mice, nursery rhyme, owl, stick, three blind mice, wing

“Aye ye hoolet ye, yer no sae slee as ye think ye are noo that we’ve got oor secret weapon yokit. Wir warned.” Translated: slee: go or come silently. “Yes you owl you, you are not … Continue reading Slee. →

blind, fog, gramophone, grass, mice, nursery rhyme, owl, stick, three blind mice, wing

Holmes on the moor in thick mist with the Baskerville hound riddled with lead and feeble cries from the quicksand.

Scottish Word: Gullion.

Tags: blood, bog, detective, dog, fog, guns, marsh, mist, moor, night, sherlock, shoot, shooting, smog, watson

“I’m a bit deaved wi all the gunplay Watson. Can you hear onythin? Along the lines o ‘…sinking in a bottomless gullion…’, ‘help help’ an sic like?” Translated: gullion: deep pool of mud, a quagmire, marsh. … Continue reading Gullion. →

blood, bog, detective, dog, fog, guns, marsh, mist, moor, night, sherlock, shoot, shooting, smog, watson

Necessary evil in the battlefield as experienced veteran uses dirty tricks to save a hopeless recruit from certain death.

Scottish Word: Foutie.

Tags: armour, battle, battlefield, blood, Death, fog, knife, knives, soldier, sword, swords

“I say – that was a wee bit foutie was it no? – He wuz my loon an I wiz up fur it.” Translated: foutie: mean, despicable, underhand, shabby. “I say – that was a little … Continue reading Foutie. →

armour, battle, battlefield, blood, Death, fog, knife, knives, soldier, sword, swords

Scottish Words Illustrated

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Scottish Words tagged with: fog - 3 posts.

Scottish Word: Slee.

Scottish Word: Gullion.

Scottish Word: Foutie.