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Things in Scots #18: Carnaptious
Welcome to day eighteen of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) Today?s post is short and sweet, but our Scots word is anything but. (I know, I know, ending a sentence on a preposition is bad. It?s allowed when it?s a stylistic choice. ?) Today?s…
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Things in Scots #17: Skoosh
Welcome to day seventeen of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) Today?s word has several meanings, and to keep this post short, I?ll focus on the main ones. One of which immediately brings to mind childhood summers of getting drenched, and bugging my mum for…
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Things in Scots #16: Fooshtie
Welcome to day sixteen of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) If you?ve read day ten?s post, you?ll know that the Scots Leid is a word-goldmine for foul scents, tastes, and general dirt. Today?s word is one of my favourite nuggets from said mine. Not…
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Things in Scots #15: Laldie
Welcome to day fifteen of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) I can think of no other word that can stir up the blood and motivate a Scots speaker more than today?s word. Today?s Things in Scots is: Laldie.
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Things in Scots #14: Outwith
Welcome to day fourteen of Things in Scots!?a fun collaboration with my husband, Jez (Mind an gie Jez?s post a keek.) As I mentioned in a previous post, I sometimes have trouble remembering/even knowing that a word isn?t actually English. That was the case with today?s word, and I?m going to share it with you…