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Author Journal 21st – 27th October 2021
I’m starting to have a love/hate relationship with this month. On one hand I’m doing better than I’d aimed for–writing and near-daily posts with Scotstober, and on the other I’m constantly chasing my tail on getting it all done, and trying to keep up with my normal tasks. But, I made the decision to pile…
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#Scotstober Day 20 #Birl
Today’s word is birl. Birl means to spin, whirl, dance, whirring or rattling noise; to move fast, bustling. You may remember seeing the word birl before in earlier entries: Dreich and Stramash. Just a wee aside: A well-meaning person had informed me that I was incorrect in how I spelt the word fuck in Scots.…
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#Scotstober Day 19 #Bawkie
Today’s word is bawkie. I?m just going to sit here and do a wee bit lalalalala because as I discovered earlier this year, I?m not a fan of bawkies. Okay, so bawkie generally refers to bats, you know, the winged variety. My unease (it?s not full-on fear) of them was a shock because I?ve been…
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#Scotstober Day 18 #Stour
Today’s word is stour. Stour, as a noun, is a layer of dust or any fine powder; it’s also a fuss, disturbance, strife, conflict. As a verb, it means to run, rush, swirl, rise up in a cloud. And, for weather, it means storm, tempest, wild, blizzard, snowstorm. We have a ton of words in…
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#Scotstober Day 17 #Gype
Today’s word is gype. As a verb, gype means to stare foolishly or open-mouthed, to play the fool, to make a fool of. As a noun, it means foolish, an awkward person. Here’s a quick wee response to the prompt (another wee snippet taken from Running The Asset): A thoosan een wechtit doon in Elle?s…