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

Landowner being appraised of his lack of assets.

Scottish Word: Swatch.

Tags: critic, expert, forgery, frame, gallery, guru, monacle, painting, suit, value

“Ah’ve taen a swatch at yir Constable unner the X-ray an it’s a fake yir Lordship.” Translate: swatch: look, examine. “I have taken a look at your Constable under the X-ray and it is a forgery … Continue reading Swatch. →