Hi all π and welcome to December’s project: Things in Scots. This month I am collaborating with my wife, Susan (β follow this link to see and hear her post), and we’ll be posting mostly daily — Things in Scots (great title eh? π).
Breeks (fork of a tree) is today’s Things in Scots. Also known as a glack, cloff and bouchtie.
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 βΊοΈ
If any of you out there have a burning desire to know the Scots word for anything π€, please let us know!
Hae a guid day π
Oh, I always thought breeks were trousers… oops! π
Breeks are also trousers; I assume that the use for a fork in a tree came about because of the trouser shape π€
I like bouchtie best
Me too!