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Search Results for: braw splendid - 6 Scottish word posts.

Potentially this could be a Monty Python exploding glutton all over again.

Scottish Word: Braw.

Tags: bones, chef, chew, cutlery, dinner, dog, knife, plates, ribs, spoon, table, tray, wine

Potentially this could be a Monty Python exploding glutton all over again.

“Oh … I see, yir speciality wafer thin mint fur puddin? Braw.” Translate: braw: very good, fine, splendid. “Oh … I see, your speciality wafer thin mint for dessert? Excellent.” dessert One of my favourite Monty … Continue reading Braw. →

bones, chef, chew, cutlery, dinner, dog, knife, plates, ribs, spoon, table, tray, wine
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Two customers at a metal table under a cloud of dark smutty smoke from the chef frying something on gas that looks red hot.

Scottish Word: Birsle.

Tags: chef, cooking, gas, gloves, smoke, soot, table

Two customers at a metal table under a cloud of dark smutty smoke from the chef frying something on gas that looks red hot.

He’s a cuik tae be reckoned wi. Nae blitterie biled farin here. Bruckle scowdered reekin spicy divots tae nip ‘n birsle the mou an mak the een weep is the wye ahn ye need a cast … Continue reading Birsle. →

chef, cooking, gas, gloves, smoke, soot, table
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Greedy wolf in the snow tempting one of the pigs with a colourful box of choice sweets.

Scottish Word: Gust the Gab.

Tags: box, pig, shutters, snow, thatch, wolf

Greedy wolf in the snow tempting one of the pigs with a colourful box of choice sweets.

Kin ah intereest ye tae step oot and sample a wee galshach frae mha box, Mr Gust the Gab? if I may be permitted tae give you sic an honorific title that my kin bestows upon … Continue reading Gust the Gab. →

box, pig, shutters, snow, thatch, wolf
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Walrus type alien being given a manicure with wooden planes and files from a woodworker.

Scottish Word: Cranniewanny.

Tags: axe, claws, flippers, nails, plane, saw, tie

Walrus type alien being given a manicure with wooden planes and files from a woodworker.

Hoo’d a thoucht that yer cranniewanny clook wid be as teuch tae manicure as yer ither clooks eh? Did ye ken I mak doon the nail shavins an sell the pouder as sneeshin? An I must … Continue reading Cranniewanny. →

axe, claws, flippers, nails, plane, saw, tie
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Three boys splattered in paint operating a drone to paint a wall at £2 a turn.

Scottish Word: Swick.

Tags: bucket, dungarees, fence, paint, phone, sign

Three boys splattered in paint operating a drone to paint a wall at £2 a turn.

Noo Tam… yir no gonna be swickin me wi yer pauchtie scheme like yiv done tae oor pal Injun Joe. Ah’ve jist looked up ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ on Wikipedia here. And whats more I’ve … Continue reading Swick. →

bucket, dungarees, fence, paint, phone, sign
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spider and miss muffet as granny Giles dealing with the president.

Scottish Word: Pey me weel.

Tags: hat, plinth, shoes, spider, stool, suit, umbrella, web

spider and miss muffet as granny Giles dealing with the president.

Pey me weel. Pey me weel. An’ I’ll do ye a deal. Noo Mr Wabster an wee Miss Moffat yer spider silk shin are braw things but I canni pey ye much, an nothing up front … Continue reading Pey me weel. →

hat, plinth, shoes, spider, stool, suit, umbrella, web
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Girl with a handful of botanical posters of clover, devils bit scabious, and narrow leaved plantain yelling at her brother who is lying in the grass among daisies and buttercups admiring the seed heads of rib-wort plantain (scabiosa lanceolata). All on a sunny day.
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Two women in protective head scarfs and greatcoats with a gas powered heater emitting steam strapped to their backs stroll in front of two brutalist style apartment blocks where a couple with a fire burning in the hallway peer out. Meanwhile ash and dust fall like snow from a blackened sky.
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A dolphin on the surface of a calm sea and has red a contraption fitted to its back with wires running from a steering wheel to suckers attached to its flippers. Sitting in the open cockpit of the contraption sits a man with goggles and a snorkel listening to a mermaid that only has her head above the translucent waters.
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A male and female dwarf with red pointy hats, blue aprons and gardening implements are harvesting large red berries from a large leafy fruitful plant that is watching them from eyes in its root below ground. The view below ground shows the large gnarled root clutching the bones of previous burials in amongst the earth and stones.
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If you have any suggestions for anything you think I should add to the stooryduster site you can leave a Comment or Contact me directly through my Contact me Page. Naturally all the cartoons are copyright. But it's surprising how accommodating us artists are with the use of low resolution versions of our work providing you ask permission and are not making money or other capital out of us and you credit the artist concerned. Enjoy and thanks for visiting. Cheers Alan. 

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