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  • Rimie Moose Wab — Things in Scots #1

    Rimie Moose Wab — Things in Scots #1

    Hi All 👋 and welcome to December’s project: Things in Scots. This month I am collaborating with my wife, Susan (? follow this link to see her post), and we’ll be posting daily — Things in Scots (great title eh?).

    And without further ado, Things in Scots #1 is a rimie moose wab (frosty spider’s web). We’d had quite a hard frost with freezing fog, so naturally it was camera time. There are other words for frost: freest, ringin frost (hard, prolonged), jeel (frostiness), shairp, cog (frost nail), nip-nebs (best name ever for Jack Frost), garb (thin coating of frost). There are also names for hoar frost: haar freest, cranreuch and rind.

    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

  • Haggis — Animals in Scots #29

    Hi All 👋 A nice simple one in honour of St Andrew’s Day — Haggis (haggis), or in Scots Gaelic: taigeis.

    Haggis in some other languages; Catalan: Haggis, Basque: Haggis, Danish: Haggis, Estonian: Haggis, French: Haggis, Icelandic: Haggis, Latvian: Haggis, English: Haggis, Swahili: Haggis. Even in Latin, haggis is haggis! Let’s face it, a haggis is a haggis, no matter where you are! Try saying haggis that many times after a whisky

    Haggis by Jez Braithwaite
    Haggis

    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.

    With November and Animals in Scots coming to a close (which is good because I’ve run out of animal pictures), next month I’m collaborating with my wife, and doing a Random Things in Scots Month; so see you then!

    Hae a guid St Andrew’s Day???????

  • Thistle Do for St Andrews Day — Flower of the Day Nov 30

    Thistle Do for St Andrews Day — Flower of the Day Nov 30

    Happy St Andrew’s Day??????

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  • Frosty Purple Pansy — Flower of the Day Nov 29

    Frosty Purple Pansy by Jez Braithwaite
    Frosty Purple Pansy
    Frosty Purple Pansy in monochrome by Jez Braithwaite
    Frosty Purple Pansy in monochrome
  • Coo — Animals in Scots #28

    Coo — Animals in Scots #28

    Hi All 👋 A nice easy one today! Coo (cow).

    Other names include: baist, beast, heefer (young cow/heifer), cuddoch. A horned cooo is a hornie, with crooked horns – crummie, with a white face – hawkie, and with a speckled face – fleckie.

    Coo by Jez Braithwaite
    Coo

    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

  • Cheet — Animals in Scots #27

    Hi All 👋 Cheet (cat) is today’s Animals in Scots.

    Also known as a cheetie-pussy; an affectionate name is pussy-baudrons. Mew/Miaow is maw, miauve or piteously, waw.

    Mirror cat by Jez BraithwaiteAll 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.
    Mirror cat

    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

  • Defrosting Purple Primrose — Flower of the Day Nov 28

    Defrosting purple primrose by Jez Braithwaite
    Defrosting purple primrose
    Defrosting purple primrose in monochrome

  • Icy White Primrose — Flower of the Day Nov 27

    Frosty White Primrose by Jez Braithwaite
    Frosty White Primrose
    Frosty White Primrose in monochrome by Jez Braithwaite
    Frosty White Primrose in monochrome
  • Jaikie — Animals in Scots #26

    Jaikie — Animals in Scots #26

    Hi All 👋 Today’s Animal in Scots is the Jaickie (jackdaw). Also called a kae.

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