scottish words and there meanings

[coastown]

mockit-----dirty scunnered-------fed up tumshie------turnip caw canny------be careful caw-----turn a rope or a wheel

[Lucy]

Glakit- not the full shilling

[golach]

Crabit...me.......grumpy in a bad mood

[connieb19]

Peedie...tiny

[obiron]

cos my hubby comes from ayrshire he uses words like semmit a vest, een eyes, heid head, totty tomato sauce, deeed died.

[teuchter]

teuchter - person not dwelling in city or town
cludgie- thunder box or ladies powder room, depending on your sex
grollies- things that keep yer bum warm
foosum- not a thing you want yer grollies to be described as
futret-another thing you dont want associated to closly with your grollies

[Billy Boy]

ach wheeshed.be quiet
sore boug. sore belly
ganzi. jumper

[teuchter]

dram- make mine a big 1
bolshy-not a pleasant person or act
stoorie- not the cleanest
sanks- space under the house
girn- complain
bairn- little person

[Cedric Farthsbottom III]

Ma brogie came hame fae his work and slumped into the chair on his bahoockie and said,"Och,I'm fairfurfochen."

Translation:My brother came home from his work and sat down on his chair and said,"I'm tired.":grin:

[meu04223]

i always thought girn (id say gurn) was a real word at every1 used! nobody in my class at uni had any idea what i was on about!

[connieb19]

i always thought girn (id say gurn) was a real word at every1 used! nobody in my class at uni had any idea what i was on about!I always thought gurnin was the norm too...[para]

[Cedric Farthsbottom III]

Used to laugh at girnin' too,cos whenever ye said ye were away for a girn.I think the folk thought you were away to try and put your bottom lip over your nose.:lol:

[angela5]

Things we often say.:lol:

"check the new jacket"
"fit ye bubbling for?"
"her husband takes a right bucket"
"the nights are drawing in"
"lose the rag"
"ye missed yerself last night we all got blootered"
"ye wantin a jeely piece"
"i couldnae get oot ma scratcher"
"he wiz steaming"
"look at his baw heid"

[Cedric Farthsbottom III]

Remember Billy Connolly talkin' about the wee Glaswegian mother saying to her bad behaved son,"See ye I,m gonna take ma hand aff yir face."

As Billy said that wisnae the sore bit the hand coming off the face,it was the hand being put on it.