Hi all 😁 and welcome to Animals in Scots #1: Hoolet — Owl.
All the Scots words for these posts are taken from The Concise English-Scots Dictionary, by the Scottish National Dictionary Association. The words chosen will be the generally accepted term, but as in all languages there are regional variations, as well as sub-species variations. For example, an owl is generally known as a hoolet in Scots, but an ool in Shetland & the NE. A barn owl is a white hoolet & a long eared owl, a hornnie hoolet.
If any of you out there want to know the name of a particular animal in Scots, let me know!
As I do these posts, I am learning as well; so I apologise in advance for any mistakes ☺️
Hae a guid day 😁
I am looking forward to this month. And I hope to learn more about hoolets and skwurrels and the like. I don’t claim to understand Scottish (I’m happy enough if I understand English spoken by a Scottish person or just spoken English) but I have always loved the sound. Och aye.
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Hope you enjoy it, there should be a guid few wee beasties 😁
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Affa bonnie hoolets. Oan a ither pint, Ah’m nae gittin ma buik back, Ah’m Ah?
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Naw 😁
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Hoolets…perfect name for them. Great photos of the hoolets.
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Thanks, Anne 😁 The name really is perfect!
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