Scottish Word: Boddle.
I’m no sure if that’s a bogle or a brownie but ahl no gie ye a boddle oer fower shillings six pennies and three farthings. Ah ken ye like tae sell oan added value extras and … Continue reading Boddle.
Scottish Words tagged with: pipe - 12 posts.
Scottish Word: Pouer.
I’d like tae introduce my compact steam pouered car. The doon side is I need tae pou the biler ahent me. Ahm workin oan it. Translated: pouer, pooer: power. I’d like to introduce my compact steam … Continue reading Pouer.
Scottish Word: Swipper.
Jings! Hoo’d hae thoucht oor auld chemistry teacher could move sae swipper like. It wiz pit oot afore ye proper caught licht. Translated: swipper, swepyr: quick, nimble, active. Wow! Who would have thought our old chemistry … Continue reading Swipper.
Scottish Word: Snowk.
We snowkit yer weet bitch green bogie-roll tabacha – twa glens awa. We kent where ye wiz even afore ye started tae licht the baccie in yer no sae sma pipe – reekin an feuchin at … Continue reading Snowk.
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.” Translated: crotly: fragmentary, crumbly. … Continue reading Crotly.
Scottish Word: Intimmers.
“I’d leave well enough alone if I was you Erchie. There’s likely tae be hell tae pay for fouterin wi the intimmers.” Translated: intimmers: internal structure, the mechanism. “I’d leave well enough alone if I was … Continue reading Intimmers.
Scottish Word: Keech.
“They mak great wee pets an it loves wearin claes which is great cos if it poops in the hoose the keech’s trappit in its breeks.” Translated: keech; keich; kich: excrement, dirt of any kind. “They … Continue reading Keech.
Scottish Word: Weet.
“The fum o weet bitch tabacha.” Translated: tabacha: tobacco. “The questionable aroma of wet bitch tobacco.”
Scottish Word: Naebuddy.
“Weel Holmes, naebuddy kens nuthin widn’t ye say?” Translated: naebuddy: nobody. “Well Holmes, nobody knows anything of substance wouldn’t you say?”
Scottish Word: Ticht.
“It’s gettin richt ticht in here, time tae thin them oot.” Translated: ticht: tight. “It is getting rather tightly spaced in here, time to thin them out.”