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Tag: Animals in Scots

  • Gait — Animals in Scots #11

    Hi All 👋 Today’s beastie is a gait (goat).

    Gait By Jez Braithwaite
    Gait
    Gait by Jez Braithwaite
    Gait

  • Paycock — Animals in Scots #10

    Hi All 👋 Today’s Animals in Scots is the Paycock (Peacock); just goes to show that languages can be very similar!

    Paycock by Jez Braithwaite
    Paycock

    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.

    Hae a guid day

  • Moose Wab — Animals in Scots #9

    Hi All 👋 Although not an animal, todays word comes from a wabster (spider); moose wab is a spiders web!

    Moose was by Jez Braithwaite
    Moose wab

    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.

    Hae a guid day

  • Kinnen — Animals in Scots #7

    Hi All 👋 Today it’s the turn of the kinnen (rabbit).

    There many other great names for rabbits in Scots; kyunnen (Shetland), bawtie (south). We then move onto pet names: mappie, map-map, moppie, mup-mup; and leprone is a young rabbit.

    Kinnen by Jez Braithwaite
    Kinnen (rabbit)

    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.

    Hae a guid day

  • Heather-ask — Animals in Scots #6

    Heather-ask — Animals in Scots #6

    Hi All 👋 Today’s Animal in Scots is the Heather-ask (Lizard); also known as a man-keeper, or a dirdie-lochrag in Caithness.

    Heather-ask by Jez Braithwaite
    Heather-ask — Lizard

    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.

    Hae a guid day

  • Kailworm — Animals in Scots #5

    Hi All 👋 Today’s feature of Animals in Scots is this wee beastie — Kailworm (Caterpillar). The kailworm has other names in Scots: caterpeelar, hairy oobit (hairy ones), hairy worm, grannie; a large hairy caterpillar is a hairy grannie.

    The one featured below is a green kailworm (of the cabbage butterfly).

    Green Kailworm by Jez Braithwaite
    Green Kailworm

    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.

    Hae a guid day

  • Cockieleerie — Animals in Scots #4

    Hi All 👋 Today’s Animal in Scots is Cockieleerie — Cock.

    Cockieleerie by Jez Braithwaite
    Cockieleerie — Cock

    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.

    Hae a guid day

  • Corbie — Animals in Scots #3

    Hi All 👋 Todays animals in Scots is the Corbie — Raven. No regional variations with this one!

    Corbie by Jez Braithwaite
    Corbie — Raven
  • Cuddie — Animals in Scots #2

    Cuddie — Animals in Scots #2

    Hi All 👋 The Cuddie (donkey) is todays animal in Scots. Also known more humourously as “lang lugs” (long ears)

    Cuddie by Jez Braithwaite
    Cuddie (Donkey)

    Hae a guid day