Really nice to meet you. You're a great guy. Lang may yer lum reek. Meaning long may you be able to afford to have a fire burning in your home. Lang = long. Lum = chimney. Reek = Smoke
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"Ned" - Classic Scottish slang. Short for non-educated delinquent. As in, "I dont want you hanging around with those lads again, they're a right bunch of neds".
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One i use all the time is "its dreekit" or "im absolutely drookit" . It means its pouring rain or im soaking wet.
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Smackaroonies another form of currency like 20 Smackaroonies would be 20 quid
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“Riddy” meaning, flushed. Like being embarrassed (redness on the face). “Gaff” > house Bawbag > ball bag (insult: “he’s a bawbag”). “Nae bad” > a response to “how are you?” (Translation: “not bad”) Other phrases that are common.. ehh “Alright troops” - friendly acknowledgment to friends or co-workers. “Where ye fae” - where do you come from? (Usually spoken as a way to determine how “good” or “bad” an area your from, or if they might know someone ;) “Pure shite out there” - it’s raining That’s all I can bebothered typing. Have fun though haha! (The word “pure” is often used as a way to describe the extremity of the situation. Another word used very commonly is “heavy”. For example “I had a heavy shite sleep” - response: “aw really? I had a pure bad night as well”.) Hope that helps 👍
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Boke - Gag, retch, vomit. “He’s giving me the boke” Basically he’s making me feel sick.
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Hey James. Your American friends wanted to know why the Unicorn is our national animal. It's simple. We are part of the Celtic nations and the unicorn is a symbol of Purity! Innocence and power. So we chose this thousands of years ago as a reflection on our heritage and hearts.
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"Heid-the-baw" (pronounced like "heed-the-baw") A stupid person (someone who hits the ball with their head too much while playing football/soccer). "He's a pure heid-the-baw."
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This might just be British and not Scottish but Chav is usually used to call a girl who wears way too much makeup probably does drugs and drinks and is always asking you for money or has an energy drink in her hand Sound or Class means like "that's cool" as in "that's sound"
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And in Shetland we use the word "peerie" which means small. It's pronounced pee-ree.
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Bawbag- Scrotum Aye - yes Blether- a chat Clipe [Clype] / Grass - a snitch
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MWI “ mad wae it” means drunk - “ I’m going to get so mad wae it the night “
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"Jammy"= Lucky. Idk if that is exclusively scottish or just British lol
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James Prime
To any Scottish people out there, if you have any Scottish slang or sayings that you would like to see Americans guess, let me know!
Comment the slang/saying and what it means. And use it in a sentence. I’m curious to see what you come up with 😭
👇🏽
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