Glossary

aboot = about

bairn = child

braw = great, beautiful

cannae = can't

da = dad

daft = silly, foolish, stupid

dinnae/ disnae = don't/ doesn't

dreich = dreary, bleak (weather)

eejit = idiot

gobshite = blabbering fool

gonnae = going to

hame = home

Hogmanay = New Year's Eve

ken = know

maw = mum

naebody = nobody

naw/ nae = no

noo = now

numpty = idiot

pished = drunk

steamin’ = very drunk

tattie = potatoe

toon = town

Resource:

Dictionary of the Scottish Language https://dsl.ac.uk/

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