Scottish Word: Fuff.
See yon fuff owerbye – nae doot we’ll hear the bang in a meenit. Translation: fuff: puff of smoke Do you see that puff of smoke just over there – I have no doubt we’ll hear … Continue reading Fuff.
Scottish Words tagged with: helmet - 13 posts.
Scottish Word: Swallie.
Aye, wi one ee I never see double or get skellie ee’d nae matter how long I’m oan the swallie. Mind you it maks me fair hungert an I aften fire up a barbecue. I like … Continue reading Swallie.
Scottish Word: Clinkit.
Hoi! Did naebuddy ken ah wiz a clinkit buddy afore they hitched you up as a coonterwecht! Mah chair’s aluminium inaw – very lichtweicht! Translated: clinkit: thin emaciated. Hey! Did no one know that I was … Continue reading Clinkit.
Scottish Word: Madderam.
What possibill madderam could possibily wipe the grin aff your coupon!? The likelihood that ye’ll no be so busy in a few decades is it? Aw doon tae the chancy o Climate Change leavin only a … Continue reading Madderam.
Scottish Word: Faut.
Hoi! It’s no ma faut folk are biggin canal bridges oot o glaiss. Ahn wha decided you shuid be the arbiter of what a quine sees or disni see onywye? Are you the boss o her? … Continue reading Faut.
Scottish Word: Tirlie.
“Spankie like noo lads! Ah need tae be awa shairp like wi the tirlie fully chairged tae win.” Translated: tirlie: something which curls, spins, or twirls round; an intricate device or mechanism. “Nimble and quick now … Continue reading Tirlie.
Scottish Word: Steivel.
“Aye, it seems fine tae me, we’re awricht, it’s no a vacuum. If it wiz oor erses’d be tae the wind wi-oot oor stievel breeks oan. Wooly long johns is nae protection I can tell ye.” … Continue reading Steivel.
Scottish Word: Vex.
“There’s nithin in zero gravity mair vexin than yer wallies loosed in yir helmet.” Translated: vexin: irritating. “There is nothing more irritating in zero gravity than one’s false teeth getting loose within one’s helmet.” The Scottish … Continue reading Vex.
Scottish Word: Wicht.
“That’ll dae ma man, ahm noo convinced ma heulm is wicht.” Translated: wicht: strongly constructed, stout. “That will be enough my man, I am now convinced that my heulm is soundly constructed.” The Scottish Word: wicht … Continue reading Wicht.
Scottish Word: Saifgaird.
“…an so oot o aw the worlds in aw the universes it faws tae you tae hae the saifgairdin o the ancient Holy Hailstain sae dear tae generations upon generations o us, the Stivilston race.” Translated: … Continue reading Saifgaird.