Scottish Word: Shairp.
Bob the saw-fish’s neb may no be as shairp as a new boucht bushman but he’ll whitter through thon moggies air pipe fast eneuch. We’re lucky – if we were in a bowl in the warld … Continue reading Shairp.
Scottish Words tagged with: treacle - 3 posts.
Scottish Word: Deleerit.
Nae the full shilling, awa in the heid, affen the knot, gytit, no wise, a nine bob note, dementit, deleerit? No a bit o it lassie. Translation: deleerit: delirious, insane, mad. In an incomplete state of … Continue reading Deleerit.
Scottish Word: Dook.
“Naebuddy dooks fur epples nooadays – traicle scones is the thing.” Translated: dook: to duck, submerge briefly. “Nobody ducks for apples nowadays – treacle scones is now what is in favour.”