For Scots Grans (not political!)

It is a' sae guid.

This is definitely a first. Page 4 on this thread and nobody has taken umbrage, flounced off, been struck off and certainly not a warning.

Aye, nae ragin' bampots on this thread!

I have never heard of the word bampot.

What about ‘geggie ’ as in “Shut yur geggie “? My DH -from Hampshire- now uses it after 31 years married to me - a weegie! I remember being thrown one day ( in London) when I told a child she could ‘clap’ the dog. I couldn’t think of the English word.

Granniequeenie In Fife winching was regarded as having a girl/boyfriend. Suppose some kissing would be going on!

I think Gallup’s was more a Glasgow and West Scotland word.

I came from North East Fife.

Gallus (stupid autocorrect 😂)

This post shows how many words we share with the people just 20 miles north. We were threatened with a skelping and anyone dirty livid in a midden with manky clouts, our looms recked and we had snecks on the door.
The one that people laugh at me saying is knock the lights out is that a Scots saying as well?
Ayrshire roll was always the best and most expensive bacon.
The Bishop of Glasgies curse is printed into the stones in our county city.

Skiddling.my English SIL thought it was a made up word when my daughter asked her wee one to stop skiddling in the sink .He was worried though when that wee girl asked for a piece ,,he thought a piece was a gun!

I have never heard of skiddling but I have asked for many a piece in my youth.

I like plain and simple polis.

There was also the tawse at school.

Is blockheid specifically Scottish?

I use quite a few of these, and often when explained to English born friends they agree with them! one of my favourites (used often in Still Game) is 'ye ken hee haw' as in you know nothing.

My sister used to get into trouble for slittering at the sink. (Playing around with water). At least she wasn't a dirty wee 'clart.'

My mother's favourite expression I think was "you can do that until you are blue in the face".

Boak is another word I have not heard for many years.

Dinna fash yersel was another.

If you carry on like that you will get what is coming to you. (A spanking).

Skiddling was definitely used in our house - and 'it'll gie ye the boak' is also still heard regularly around here.

Oh, and just remember that apparently when my mother was pregnant with me, one of the names she liked was Clara, but my dad rejected it as he said it sounded too much like clarty.

In Kincardineshire we were "peched oot" when we ran out of breath and "fair trauchled" when tired out and fed up. If we fancied something to chew when playing outside we could pick "soorocks" (sorrel leaves) which tasted like vinegar. In winter we "skited" (slipped) on the ice in the playground.

I'm 'fair trauchled' quite often. Also am occasionally 'black affrontit' at something the DGS did!

Aveline... bourach was a word my mother used a lot up in the Highlands and as far as I know it means a mess. Fernitickles (fairy tickles) meant freckles , still love that word.

It's a bourachie here meaning mess.
Wonder if there are any quines on here who know what this means!!

"Yir kwytes neer doon to yir queets - gie et a haalup

Aveline

My sister used to get into trouble for slittering at the sink. (Playing around with water). At least she wasn't a dirty wee 'clart.'

We would have said she was 'skittling' (cf 'skiddling' earlier). Slittering was a by-product of eating/drinking messily: specifically dropping food or liquid on one's clothes. A habitual slitterer might be condemned as a 'Slittermagundy'.

Jist spearin - only asking, in Aberdeenshire

In a bourachie in Aberdeen means a small group huddling together.

I think I was “blootered” last night at a celebration dinner but woke up “crabbit” this morning.
Cheers!
USA Gundy

I love it, ‘clart’, I think I will adopt that word, so descriptive! Sounds what it is.