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Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL), originally Scottish Language Dictionaries, is Scotland's lexicographical body for the Scots Language. DSL is responsible for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the Scottish National Dictionary. The organisation was formed in 2002 and continues the work of several generations of Scottish ...
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Glasgow Standard English (GSE), the Glaswegian form of Scottish English, spoken by most middle-class speakers; Glasgow vernacular (GV), the dialect of many working-class speakers, which is historically based on West-Central Scots, but which shows strong influences from Irish English, its own distinctive slang and increased levelling towards GSE ...
Sexual slang is a set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes, and activities; [1] they are generally considered colloquial rather than formal or medical, and some may be seen as impolite or improper.
While some slang words and phrases are used throughout Britain (e.g. knackered, meaning "exhausted"). Others are restricted to smaller regions, even to small geographical areas. [ 1 ] The nations of the United Kingdom, which are England, Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , all have their own slang words, as does London.
wet/showery verb adjective: From Irish droch-aimsir meaning "bad weather" or "wet weather" [32] or the less likely Scots draik/drawk. [33] eejit: idiot noun: From the Hiberno-English and Scottish English pronunciation of idiot. Popularised in England to some extent by Terry Wogan. feck: a mild form of fuck: interjection
The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the Yagara people who live in the region around what is now known as Brisbane.
This is a select list of Cornish dialect words in English—while some of these terms are obsolete others remain in use. [1] [2] Many Cornish dialect words have their origins in the Cornish language and others belong to the West Saxon group of dialects which includes West Country English: consequently words listed may not be exclusive to Cornwall.