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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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.
Awesome! I’m loving that I can finally share the language that I think in. I’m toying with recording audio for the series. 🤓
That would be great! Might it need subtitles though? 😉
🤣 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.
Miraz: @SusanB Hmmm, there is no nummer 9? via micro.blog
Jez Braithwaite 🏴: liked this. via twitter.com
SusanB: Oops! 🤪 Thanks for that, @Miraz Got it fixed now. Nine is the same in Scots as it is in English. via micro.blog