Scottish Grans Only

When my sister worked in the local library, a wee wummin came in and asked the man behind the counter ( a lovely Englishman)

'Haw, son, did sumbuddy haun' in ma pawkies, ah left them here yisterday?'

He made a good attempt at searching along the shelf before whispering to my sister,

' She's lost her pawkies, what am I looking for?'

Will ye no stop yer haverin mon!
Mostly said to my Grandpa by my Gran

Nane o yer houghmagandie or ye'll get yer bahookie skelpt!

One of the joys of Scots is that there is no definite spelling rule. There is no apostrophe either.

I have never heard that word before! . What an innocent I am! ?

We all like a bit of that grannydarkhair. ?

Shid that no be foostie?
And I just thought of one of my favourite Scottish words - houghmagandie.

Gyad

volver

Oh, fousty! T'would gar ye cowk!

I have just used that fousty tonight. There was a strange smell in the kitchen, but I couldn't pin point it. I accused SIL, thought it was his cheese!

Blondiescot, we always taught 'The Sair Finger' and 'The Jeely Piece Song' for St Andrew's Day, with everyone wearing a piece of tartan, of course.

Fur the Glesca Grannies, av stairtit a post aboot a meet up and a wee blether, if any youse yins want tae go.
www.gransnet.com/forums/meet_ups_where_are_you/a1310686-Glesca-Grannies-June-Meet-up

Nae baffies here - wi hae carpets fir wir feet!
( One for N’easters!)

Worth a listen
youtu.be/I1IM37OY0Kg

Murder murder polis
3 stair up
The wuman in the middle door
Hut me wae a cup
We used to sing this when we were wee

I love this poem

A Dug, a Dug by Bill Keys

youtu.be/lzAek9k7O-I

I actually LOL yesterday when I met my son and grandson in Asda..."Whit you daen here granny" my 5 year old grandson asked me...Here fur ma messages I replied

Baffies are my favourite footwear. Predictive text really struggles with Scots words!
Dippit, glaikit, raj and pure raj are descriptions for cognitive abilities and mood.
You don't want to be called maukit!
I've put the messages ben the lobby press by the way.

When I meet up with my friend from school days we compare notes on dealing with horny gollochs on our dahlias!

I was just talking about this with my father-in-law yesterday. He was telling me how his grandaughter (my niece) who lives in Edinburgh, doesn't understand many of the words we use on a daily basis, even though we're only about 10 miles south of Edinburgh. He was telling her that he'd heard a hoolet (owl) the other night and she had no idea what he was talking about.Our local primary school still holds a Burns assembly every year and the children learn not only Burns' poems and songs, but others in Scottish too. My daughter loved 'The Sair Finger' and my son learned 'The Jeely Piece Song', so it's good that the old traditions are still being taught.

My adult children are still frequently told to "haud yer wheesht".

My everyday speech is peppered with the Doric. Thanks Mum

I’m often to be found gein’ it laldy, doin’ malky, drookit, peely wally and lots more. I’m not a bonnie wee doo anymore though.

I know baffies… my ex was Scottish. Also lalday, I often use dreich, and fushionless (spelling?)

I meant to mention I need a new pair of baffies (slippers). Not a word used nowadays I do not think.

dogsmother so do I.

I spoke to friends about the local police force but used the word polis and they thought I was mad.

Petera

This is well worth a listen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=am1MCJsEGYA&t=9s

I just love that.

Oh, jalouse. I'm going to use that in a thread sometime soon!

Still use a lot of Scots, Just today i told me Husband to "yase the spicket ben the hoose" ( use the tap through there) last week i bought twa pun a apels ( 2 pound of apples) Our language is wonderful and must never be lost.

My mum was Scottish, I still say Wednesday pronouncing the D always got teased at school for it….