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Search Results for: bash - 5 Scottish word posts.

A sober and concerned friend inquiring after his companion.

Scottish Word: On the Bash.

Tags: eye, fight, green, injury

A sober and concerned friend inquiring after his companion.

“Wir ye on the bash when ye bashed yir broo?” Translate: on the bash: on a drinking spree. “Were you on a drinking spree when you badly struck your forehead?” The Scottish Word: on the bash … Continue reading On the Bash. →

eye, fight, green, injury
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An anthropomorphised Massey Fergusson type tractor goes 'Ooyah!' as it accidentally drops a boulder from its bucket onto its new shiny bod work while horrified workers and a cement mixer look on. All except the wheelbarrow who is fixated on his front wheel.

Scottish Word: Dunkle.

Tags: cement, helmet, kilt, mixer, rock, tractor, welly, wheel

An anthropomorphised Massey Fergusson type tractor goes 'Ooyah!' as it accidentally drops a boulder from its bucket onto its new shiny bod work while horrified workers and a cement mixer look on. All except the wheelbarrow who is fixated on his front wheel.

Jings Edie that’s a richt sair dunkle yiv gi’en yersel. Dinni worry we’ll ding it oot ahn ye’ll be as good as new in no time. Translate: dunkle: a dent or slight depression caused by colliding … Continue reading Dunkle. →

cement, helmet, kilt, mixer, rock, tractor, welly, wheel
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Artist in a worn jacket and cords with a wooden leg and a stump for a right arm explaining his painting to a potential buyer in a macintosh and waterproof trousers. It is a large oil portrait on the wall of a zombie on a dark and stormy night up to its armpits in murky water wading towards the viewer.

Scottish Word: Wantin an Erm.

Tags: artist, canvas, painting, water

Artist in a worn jacket and cords with a wooden leg and a stump for a right arm explaining his painting to a potential buyer in a macintosh and waterproof trousers. It is a large oil portrait on the wall of a zombie on a dark and stormy night up to its armpits in murky water wading towards the viewer.

Thon giant zombie took me by surprise ye ken. I managed tae bash its brains oot wi my machete afore I realised I wiz wantin an erm. Guid job ah’m corrie fisted. It wisni till I … Continue reading Wantin an Erm. →

artist, canvas, painting, water
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A card game played at a meters distance from each other about to go very bad.

Scottish Word: Cairts.

Tags: cards, coin, patch, pirates, swords, tables

A card game played at a meters distance from each other about to go very bad.

Crivvens – ah shuid hae kent this hygienic cairt gemme o Guts-Poker-Covid I invented widni go weel fur us whut wi us aw haein oor very own pack o cairts tae deal frae. We’d aw been … Continue reading Cairts. →

cards, coin, patch, pirates, swords, tables
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Troubles the crannogs of old never had.

Scottish Word: Crannog.

Tags: crash, holiday, loch, water, windsurfer, windsurfers

Troubles the crannogs of old never had.

“The whole bloody loch to wind-surf in an they still bash intae the crannog!” Translate: crannog: a loch dwelling built over the water on piles with a walkway onto the land. “The whole bloody loch (lake) … Continue reading Crannog. →

crash, holiday, loch, water, windsurfer, windsurfers
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