Hi all 😁 and welcome to the last Things in Scots for 2019; as I’ve been real busy at work the last few days, this is doubling up as a Fan Of… post. This month I have been collaborating with my wife, Susan (☜ follow this link to see and hear her post), and we’ve had so much fun that we are carrying on in the New Year with a weekly instead of daily post.
Hogmanay is the traditional Scottish celebration for the end of one year and the beginning of the next.
Happy hogmanay & all the best for 2020 to all 🎉
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.
As we do these posts, we’re learning as well; so we apologise in advance for any mistakes ☺️
If any of you out there have a burning desire to know the Scots word for anything 🤔, please let us know!
Hae a guid day 😁
https://queennandini.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/fan-of-aishwarya-rai/
Lovely whisky photo! (And stirring words on the glass — I googled the declaration.) I do like a drop of single malt. 🙂 I’ll be in Inverness and the Outer Hebrides in August, and am looking forward to sampling quite a few.
Thanks, Karen 😊 The Speyside area is renowned for its Malts, with many great distilleries to visit, particularly if someone else id doing the driving 😁
Yes, that would definitely need a driver!
All the very best for 2020! https://cathscamera.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/a-fan-of-kingston-beach/
Have a great Hogmanay.
I’m not Scottish but I’m an avid reader of Discworld novels: Happy Hogwatch to you!
(and the link to ” fan of” #48: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/30/im-a-fan-of-rose-hip/ )