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Scottish and North English dialect. laddie A boy. lassie A girl. links Sandy, rolling ground, from Old English hlinc (ridge). pernickety From pernicky. minging literally "stinking", from Scots "to ming". plaid From Gaelic plaide or simply a development of ply, to fold, giving plied then plaid after the Scots pronunciation. pony
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...
Scottish boy names: Find Scottish baby names for boys that are cool, classic, different, cute and strong. Get Scottish baby name ideas here. 192 Scottish boy names to consider for your little ...
The current project team includes editorial staff from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and from the Scottish National Dictionary Association. In 2021, Scottish Language Dictionaries became an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and changed its name to Dictionaries of the Scots Language.
Cobras, Plastic Jocks (the new town was populated by Scottish immigrants) Corfe Castle Coarse Arseholes Cornwall Kernowicks, Merry-Jacks, Mera-Jacks, Uncle Jacks or Cousin Jacks (when abroad). Coupar Angus Cowpat Funguses Coventry Peeping-Toms, Covids (pejorative) Cramlington Cramps Crawley Creepy Crawlies, Insects [34] Cromer Crabs [2] Crosby ...
Oor Wullie (English: Our Willie) is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post.It features a character called Wullie; Wullie is a Scots nickname for boys named William, equivalent to Willie.
Lewvordh - starboard (right hand side of a boat when looking from the stern to the bow) Linhay – lean-to (of a building) Long-spoon – term to mean a tight-fisted person, i.e. you'd need a long-spoon to share soup with them! Longfellas – implements with long handles; Looby – warm, muggy, misty (of the weather) [70] Louster – to work hard