Scottish Word: Snaw.
Jings, ah doot it’s snawed a guid deal mair than we thoucht since this morning. Nae wonder we struggled tae find the path back doon. Still, it’s no so bad noo tho. Translate: sna, snaw: snow. … Continue reading Snaw.
Scottish Words tagged with: snow - 25 posts.
Scottish Word: Wraith.
Fie! Awa wi ye! I dinni believe in wraiths, ah’ve no reached my three score an ten yet, nivir mind the rest. Awa an gie me peace tae enjoy my smoke o extra strong special baccy, … Continue reading Wraith.
Scottish Word: Tweetle.
Lookatit, tweetlin awa guid style. The wee burd. Gonna no malkie it Bob, gonna no, will ye no? Tweetlin its pair hert oot wi it’s bonnie wee reid bib an aw fur a inklin fouterie snippit … Continue reading Tweetle.
Scottish Word: Rob Sorby.
Wee cawed them the Rob Sorby’s cos they yuised shairp impliments like saws, n chissels, n aixes o steel what made them tae be feared. Hail wids o oor kin, the size o a shire, wid … Continue reading Rob Sorby.
Scottish Word: Void and redd.
I huv here a legal intimation o aw the earth tae bid onie resident o onie lum tae void and redd that lum richt noo fur the duration o mha veesit oan pain, if yer langsome … Continue reading Void and redd.
Scottish Word: Saut.
Diz yer weeyin want saut n veenegar wi his supper? Ahn what aboot a pickled egg half price, as they’re a wee bit green? Translate: saut: salt. Does your small child want salt and vinegar with … Continue reading Saut.
Scottish Word: Gowk.
Sic a wealthy gowk as yersel I widni let pass while ye heedlessly siller-blind remain. Nor blythely wid I greet the faithless man wha siller-dodges aw the while. So I tak this pike o snaw white-siller, … Continue reading Gowk.
Scottish Word: Forritsome.
Yer a forritsome elf jingling oot o the wids like that fur tae get some o my usquebae for yer empty hipper. Weel it’s Hogmanay ahn a cannie deny ye. Tak the tap aff ahn I’ll … Continue reading Forritsome.
Scottish Word: Graith.
Tak it frae me Donner, we may be graith the noo but we maunbe douchtless suin eneuch. Jist like whit happened tae aw the elves when he replaced them wi thon flittin clever-deid new fangled whigmaleerie … Continue reading Graith.
Scottish Word: Gust the Gab.
Kin ah intereest ye tae step oot and sample a wee galshach frae mha box, Mr Gust the Gab? if I may be permitted tae give you sic an honorific title that my kin bestows upon … Continue reading Gust the Gab.