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These words tend to be more closely associated with Lowland Scots but can occur in Scottish English too. Airt. [ 1] Point of the compass, from àird [aːrˠtʲ], a point. Bothy. [ 8] A hut, from bothan [ˈpɔhan], a hut, cf. Norse būð, Eng. booth. Caird. [ 1] A tinker, from ceaird [kʲʰɛrˠtʲ], the plural of ceàrd, tinkers.
The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) ( Scots: Dictionar o the Scots Leid, Scottish Gaelic: Faclair de Chànan na Albais) is an online Scots – English dictionary run by Dictionaries of the Scots Language. Freely available via the Internet, the work comprises the two major dictionaries of the Scots language: [ 1]
Anda. An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari. A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız.
v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...
British sailor, circa 1790. " Limey " (from lime / lemon) is a predominantly North American slang nickname for a British person. The word has been around since the mid-19th century. Intended as a pejorative, the word is not commonly used today, though it retains that connotation. [ 3][ 4] The term is thought to have originated in the 1850s as ...
a Scotsman (slang) a Scottish private soldier (slang) (UK: squaddie) slang term for an athlete slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving * (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones
Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland by the Scottish government, [ 8] a regional or minority language of Europe, [ 9] and a vulnerable language by UNESCO. [ 10][ 11] In a Scottish census from 2022, over 1.5 million people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots.
Northumbrian Old English by the beginning of the 9th century in the northern portion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, now modern southeastern Scotland. Early Scots by the beginning of the 15th century. Present-day extent of Modern Scots. The history of the Scots language refers to how Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland ...