Great Scottish Words

Hoots mon, there's a moose loose aboot this hoose.

I often have cause to use this particular phrase.

(and just in case anyone doesn't know what this means, it would translate as "Alert, alert, there is a mouse running freely about this abode"
 
:D Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
BEST KNOWN SOTTISH WORDS BY FAR :D THANKS TO MR BURNS
 
"Rangers" - used to describe what activity one is going to do in the toilet - "I'm away for a rangers"
 
Scheuch for backside is a rather new meaning for the word. Normally it would mean a scythe.

Glaekit* (stupid-looking) is a personal favourite. E.g. They don't come much more glaekit than Peter Scudamore.

(*Pronounced "glay-kit")
 
Situated on the edge of the Howe of Fife, Auchtermuchty is approximately 30 miles north of the Forth Road Bridge and within easy reach of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Perth and St. Andrews. Aberdeen is only an hour and a half away by car and Inverness takes just over two hours.

If you are in business Auchtermuchty makes a superb central location for serving most of Scotland.

If you are on holiday, there is no better base for touring, whether you are visiting the fishing villages of the East Neuk of Fife, the golf courses of St. Andrews, the Angus glens, the ski slopes of Cairngorm and Glenshee, or Scotland's historic cities.

Or, of course, you might just want to stay in 'Muchty and enjoy its excellent hostelries, explore its ancient streets and wynds, and experience the friendliness of its inhabitants!

Where else would you find streets named "Kilnheugh", "Mournipea", "Back Dykes" or "The Gladgate"?
 
The very mention of Auchtermuchty always reminds me about the story about the two guys in the public toilet.

One can't help noticing the other's fancy tattoo saying Jean on his arm. He enquires about it and is told that Jean is the love of his life.

The other points to his d*ck, where Amy is tattoed.

"Is that your beloved?"

"No, it's to remind me of where my wife and I first made love- it actually says Auchtermuchty."
 
But do the words mean something, like a geographical feature, Mo? Such as England's 'tor', 'ton', 'ley' and various prefixes or suffixes to place names?
 
Originally posted by simmo+Feb 18 2005, 07:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (simmo @ Feb 18 2005, 07:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Euronymous@Feb 17 2005, 10:31 PM
Well,working where i do the most common phrase i hear is "when`s the next train to Blackpool?"
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You don't work in Wigan train station do you? [/b][/quote]
No, Preston.
 
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