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bookwyrm
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I've read a lot of stuff here that we say here in Scotland too - very interesting!
Let me see if I can spell a few from my home...

Scunnered - feeling fed up
Crabbit - grumpy
Haud yer wheesht - be quite please
Gonnie no' dae that? - please refrain from that course of action
How no? - Why not?
Yer a chancer, you - dear me, you seem to be a bit of a rapscallion
Gallus - over confident
Cludgie - the WC
Dinnae fash yersel - don't worry yourself about it
Pished - intoxicated
Pished as a fart - very intoxicated
Blootered - see pished
Steamin - see blootered
Bladdered - see steamin
Smashed - see bladdered
Wrecked - see smashed
Hammered - see wrecked
Schemie - tracksuit wearing youth from a poorer socio-economic background
Ned - see schemie
Bam - see ned
Blethering - chatting inconsequentially for some time
Going for a blether - meeting someone with the intent to have a long talk
Havering - talking nonsense.
Dreich - usually associated with misty, wet and cold weather of a particularly unpleasant nature.
Fuckwit - derogatory term for someone who isn't very bright.
You're doing my nut in - you are being very irritating, please stop.
Went mental - someone verbalising extreme annoyance and anger with the added possibility of violence.
Went spare - see went mental.
Keep the heid - please calm down.
Ma heid's mince - I'm feeling a bit confused.
Rammie - fight.
Skelp - slap
Hard man - someone tough, always ready for a rammie.
In the scud - naked
Aye - yes
Auld - old
Bairn - child
Wean - see bairn
Wee - small
Eejit - idiot
Numpty - see eejit
Dunderheid - see numpty
Sleekit - sly
Drystaine dyke - wall built with flat stones and no mortar
Neep - swede or turnip
Tattie - potato
Bonnie - pretty
Hen - woman
Bottle of ginger - bottle of soda/pop
Whits fur ye’ll no gin by ye - what's meant for you will not pass you by. A favoured saying by my grannie.
Hell mend ye - you will learn the hard way I'm afraid.
Pure dead brilliant - really very good.
Peelly wally - pale
Poke - paper bag (ie a poke of chips)
Chips - french fries
Crisps - chips
Whit - what
Tattiebogle - scarecrow
Aye right - sceptical affirmation, sometimes followed by 'that'll be the day'.


Floss, we also have 'pissed' for drunk, 'off their nut', nappies, dummies, mum, ta, cuppa, zed, bloody, kick the bucket, built like a brick shithouse, piece of **** and kiddin' me - though budgie smuggler is a new one and still has me smiling!

I could go on but I'll leave it there!
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