Tag: Photo Challenge
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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 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
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Poppy — Flower of the Day Nov 11
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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 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
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White Geranium — Flower of the Day Nov 08
Hi All 👋 Two shots of the same flower today; one in black and white and one in normal colour.
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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 (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
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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 — 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
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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 
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
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Cockieleerie — Animals in Scots #4
Hi All 👋 Today’s Animal in Scots is Cockieleerie — Cock.
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
