“Ooooyah! That soonded like a twa hipper skite tae me.”
Translated:
twa hipper skite: two hip slip (both broken).
“Ouch! That sounded like a two hip slip to me.”
confined. See all my IF thumbnails and IF links here.
Trapped indoors. Heavy snow and prolonged cold[.....]
“Happy New Year. An wid ye gie us a wee blaw intae this breathalyser please.”
Translated:
blaw: blow.
“Happy New Year. And would you please blow into this breathalyser for me.”
“Aye, wi oot a doot, Erchie here is one o the best undercover wifies we’ve ever had.”
Translated:
wifie: an older woman, usually middle aged or older and usually with character.
“Yes, without a doubt, Archibald, the man standing before us, is one of the[.....]
“Burk and Hare were arrested on a dreich morning. – Probably.”
Translated:
Dreich: dull/bleak/miserable.
For those that don’t know – Burke and Hare were infamous body snatchers.
Or as it has been pointed out, they rather avoided the middleman (undertaker) and the digging, in that they[.....]
“aye aye aye, fit’s a dae?”
Translated:
aye aye aye: ‘ello ‘ello ‘ello what’s all this then?
