"Noo hud yer wheesht fur a minute my fine bowsie able lookin puddocks and puddockesses, and I will read tae yez what I huv written oan the menu here." Translated: bowsie: big, fat, corpulent, puffed up. … Continue reading Bowsie
“It’s Saturday. Let’s flee doon tae the sea an get a fish supper*.” Translated: flee: fly. “It’s Saturday. Why don’t we fly down to the sea and get a fish for supper.” *fish supper – a … Continue reading Flee
“Quick! Sook yir feathers in, he’s seek o kail an thinkin o chook soup.” Translated: kail: curly leaved cabbage; general word for a feed; or broth made from greens. “Quick! Suck your feathers in, he is … Continue reading Kail
“God sink ye! I’m wishin I’d had the haddie nooooo . . .” Translated: haddie: haddock. “Lord sink you! I am wishing that I had ordered the haddock now.”