SUSAN TIPPETT BRAITHWAITE

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

A quick announcement, and then we’ll get straight back to the post. With 2019 screaming to an end and all the craziness that goes with it, Jez and I will only be able to post to Things in Scots sporadically for the rest of this month. But—you had to know there was a but coming—because we’ve had so much fun sharing the Scots language with you, we’ve decided to continue the series into 2020 with weekly posts (mostly).

And, back to the post.

Today’s word brings to mind spending the weekends with my granda in Glasgow. We’d explore the city, revisiting all his old haunts, and occasionally stopping off at swing parks and the bookies. Aside from the occasional jump on the subway, all of this was done on foot, at a leisurely pace.

Today’s Things in Scots is: Dauner.

Dauner (also dander, danner, daunder) means to stroll, to saunter, to wander, a slow walk.

Here’s an example of dauner in use:

Ah’m jist guan fur a dauner doon e toon. Ah’ll be bak in twinty meenits.

In Inglis: I’m just going for a stroll into town. I’ll be back in twenty minutes.

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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