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#Scotstober Day 30 #Mervaill
It’s the second last day of Scotstober! It’s been a challenge to keep up with doing the posts, getting my writing work done, and keeping up with comments and other blogs–sorry for being so lax on the last two, but I’ll be catching up in the coming days. Today’s word is mervaill. As a noun,…
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#Scotstober Day 29 #Skreich
Today’s word, skreich, is pronounced skreech. The ‘ch’ at the end isn’t a hard k as it is in English, but the same soft, gutteral sound at the end of loch in Scots. It means screech, shriek, to yell out, a shrill cry. Here’s my response to the prompt (taken from Running The Asset): Hei…
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#Scotstober Day 28 #Bauchle
Today’s word, bauchle, as a noun, means an old shoe, a worn-out person or thing, an untidy or clumsy person, and clumsy work. As a verb, it means to wear out shoes, walk clumsily, shamble, and jilt. Well, that’s it for today’s #Scotstober post. See you tomorrow ?
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#Scotstober Day 27 #Sklent
Today’s word is sklent. As a verb, it means to move at a slant, to zigzag; to slope, to slant; to aim sideways; to look sideways, to squint. As a noun, it means slanting cut, slope, sideways movement, change of direction, sidelong glance. adjective: slanting Here’s my response to the prompt (taken from Running The…
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#Scotstober Day 26 #Guisin
Today’s word is guisin. Nowadays, it means dressing up and doing the doors at Halloween. In Scotland, the kids–and sometimes teenagers–dress up and go around all the houses and entertain you for sweets and coins. How it usually goes is once the guisers get to the door, they ask what it is you want as…