Scottish Word: Chitter.
Hoi! Yer ivver an on chitterin’s getting on my nerves. Cut it oot or ye’ll see me going brainwode. Pull yer hood up an coorie doon intae my insulated duffel bag an warm yersel up. Otherwise … Continue reading Chitter.
Scottish Words tagged with: phone - 11 posts.
Scottish Word: Meschant.
I ken yer no playin Tetris uncle Erchie. What are ye daein? Yer no even lookin at that screen. Yiv goat yer visual reality specs oan huvn’t ye? Yer no workin fur Israeli intelligence again are … Continue reading Meschant.
Scottish Word: Soother.
Gi’im peace woman it soothers the loun in this time o trial. It cam in wi the flotsam frae the noo gigantic gyres o aw the junk frae aw the flooded leids aroond the warld. Gaithered … Continue reading Soother.
Scottish Word: Glisk.
Yiv glisk’d at that an glisk’d at thon, glisk’d here an glisk’d there. Yiv glisk’d like a stervin loon. Yer fidgin fain tae be at, what, ye dinni ken, but yir at nithin, nithin’s where yer … Continue reading Glisk.
Scottish Word: Warld.
Ahm haein a dook in aw the warlds wi watter atween the Horse’s Heid Nebula ahn the Cat’s Ee Nebula wi a wee detour tae the Eemock Nebula. I’m definitely veesitin aw the watter warlds aboot … Continue reading Warld.
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! Translate: clinkit: thin emaciated. Hey! Did no one know that I was … Continue reading Clinkit.
Scottish Word: Swick.
Noo Tam… yir no gonna be swickin me wi yer pauchtie scheme like yiv done tae oor pal Injun Joe. Ah’ve jist looked up ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ on Wikipedia here. And whats more I’ve … Continue reading Swick.
Scottish Word: Crotly.
“We huv tae caw canny, the signal frae the doomed flicht wis crotly an this, the best an absolutely last crittel frae their final signal, means nothin, even tae oor brawest brains.” Translate: crotly: fragmentary, crumbly. … Continue reading Crotly.
Scottish Word: Girn.
“Typical – nivir a bloody signal up here despite years o girning n roarin n greetin n scrievin n phonin n mailin aboot it an the minute They show up we’re gettin texts an mair texts … Continue reading Girn.
Scottish Word: Bidie-in.
“It’s yir bidie-in callin.” Translate: bidie-in: cohabitee, to live together without being married for a good length of time. “It is your long term partner who lives with you but to whom you are not married … Continue reading Bidie-in.