Drookit

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Hi All 👋 My entry for Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Wet.

Drookit means wet in Scots. Scotland, particularly the west, is known to be quite wet, maybe this is why the Scots language has so many words for it. Wet adjective weet, wat, weetie, sappie; (soaking wet) drookit, sypit, wat as muck; (rainy) saft, blashie, plowterie; (very wet: of weather) trashie; wet & windy blashie, brashie, gowsterie. (taken from the Concise English-Scots Dictionary by The Scottish National Dictionary Association). For anyone else interested in the Scots language, there is an online dictionaryhere.

Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning…

It's gonna rain
It’s gonna rain

…and finally, the perfect example of gowsterieMy wife on a wet & windy day at Peterhead seafront. Raining hard, jacket inflated by gale force winds & still smiling!

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12 responses to “Drookit”

  1. eklastic Avatar

    That pigeon looks miserable. Cold AND wet. Great collection, as always, Jez.

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      Thanks, ElkeIt really was quite unhappy, although getting plenty of scraps from the squirrels

  2. Aletta - nowathome Avatar

    Lovely photos and smiles Jez!

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      Thanks, Aletta

  3. kzmcb Avatar

    Love it. My husband is from Paisley but has been in Australia for 58 years. He loves your language posts, too.

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      Thank you so much, KarenThat’s a major change from Paisley to Australia

  4. Carol Carlisle Avatar

    Well I never! As my oh granny use to say. Cute wet critters and smiling folks. Thanks for the language lesson.

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      You’re welcome, Carol & thank you

  5. Amy Avatar

    The red sky is stunning. What a beautiful smile on a raining day. 🙂 🙂

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      Thanks so much, Amy

  6. bushboy Avatar

    So many wets Jez 🙂

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      It’s a wet place

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