Scots Words - Combined List of School Selections

 

1. Movin Aboot (Stanley PS, Ardrossan)

birlin, lowpin, sweemin, flingin, dookin, shooglin, greetin, lauchin, rinnin, fleein

skite, faw, cairry, howk, kittle, coorie, daunce, chaw, boonce, tummle yer wulkies


2. Hame (St Peter's PS, Ardrossan)

mither, faither, wean, grannie, windae, brither, laddie, lassie, freend, neebor

grandfaither, flair, lum, baffies, buiks, pictur, flooers, cludgie, jaw-box, pairty, gairden


3. Birds & Beasties (Woodlands PS, Irvine)

coo, dug, moose, craw, troot, tod, yowe, doo, selkie, puddock

speeder, cuddie, puggie, hoolet, brock, partan, pyot, earn, bubblyjock


4. Ootside (Castlepark PS, Irvine)

brae, burn, glen, brig, caurs, snaw, smirr, dreich, cauld, wund

ferm, clachan, ben, knowe, schuil, kirk, waw, The Cross, supermercat, ice-shoggle, snawman, dub


5. Mixter Maxter (West Kilbride PS)

gowf, bools, midden, fankle, stoor, slavers, bogle, carline, warlock, polis, cloot

skelf, dirk, baxter, peerie, yin, twa, seeven, eleeven, hunners, thoosands


6. Whit Folk Say (Stanecastle School, Irvine)

Wheesht!; Bolt!; Gie it laldie!; It wisnae me!; Pure dead brilliant!

Gonnae no dae that; Lang may yer lum reek; In the name o the wee man; Whit's for ye will no go by ye; Haste ye back!


7. Ma Boady (Caledonia PS, Saltcoats)

heid, lugs, ee (een), neb, mooth, shooder, oxter, airm, haun, fingirs

plooks, fernietickles, coupon, hurdies, bahookie, shanks, knaps, fit, taes, hert


8. The Warld Aroon Us (Glencairn PS, Stevenson)

ridd, yella, broon, wee, muckle, lang, mingin, weet, sleekit, jaggy

siller, gowd, purpie, cutty, shairp, saft, nicht, the peep o day, gloamin, cloods, the muin

 

9. Whit Folk Are Like (Ardeer PS, Stevenson)

braw, crabbit, bonnie, blythe, dowie, guid, feart, gallus, glaikit, peeliewally

drookit, clarty, fantoosh, strang, scunnered, auld, wabbit, skinnymalinky, dowie, heelstergowdie

10. At the Supermercat (Loudoun Montgomery PS, Irvine)

aipples, tatties, neeps, ingans, breid, watter, ginger, jaiket, fitbaws, birthday cairds

breeks, bunnet soor plooms, chuggie, clootie dumplin, haggis, semmit, gutties, soacks

 

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