Things in Scots #8: Nummers

Welcome to day eight of Things in Scots!—a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez’s post a keek.)

Following up with the basics of Days and Months, today’s post is all about nummers (numbers).

Wan (also ane, yin)

Twa (also twae)

Three (also chree, threy, tree, hree)

Fower

Five

Sax

Seeven (also siven)

Aicht (also aucht, echt)

Nine

Ten (also tenaby)

Eleeven (also aleeven)

Twal

Therteen (also thirteen, tretten)

Fowerteen

Twinty

Hunner (also hunder)

In Inglis: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty, hundred.

If you want to ken the Scots for anything, just ask in the comments section.

Thenks fur stoapin by, and hae a wunnerfu day.

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7 responses to “Things in Scots #8: Nummers

  1. Violet Lentz Avatar

    This is such a fun series. I love writing in ‘voice’in my stories and love the sound of these words as I can hear them rolling off the tongue.

    1. Susan T. Braithwaite Avatar

      Awesome! I’m loving that I can finally share the language that I think in. I’m toying with recording audio for the series. ?

      1. Chris Hall Avatar

        That would be great! Might it need subtitles though? 😉

      2. Susan T. Braithwaite Avatar

        ? I remember in the 80s and 90s–after many demands from the south of England–that they had to add subtitles to Rab C. Nesbit, and a couple of other shows, when they aired there.

  2. Susan T. Braithwaite Avatar

    Miraz: @SusanB Hmmm, there is no nummer 9? via micro.blog

  3. Susan T. Braithwaite Avatar

    SusanB: Oops! ? Thanks for that, @Miraz Got it fixed now. Nine is the same in Scots as it is in English. via micro.blog

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