November 8, 2015

SUNDAY'S Scottish Words and Dialect - Part 2

I was going to do old English words (like "forsooth"), but Sunday starts with an "S", then again, there are no days in the week that start with "E". Do you know any???
Well. I need to think about that one for a bit and get back to you on that one!

Anyways! Most of these Scottish words go way back to at least the 1700s (the setting of my Remmington Pirates book series).


Scotsman says, "Steamin'"
Englishman says, "Drunk person"

Scotsmans says, "Dreich"
Englishman says, "Dull weather"

Scotsman says, "Sassenach"
Englishman says, "Englishman"

Scotsman says, "Braw"
Englishman says, "Really good/great"

I bet you know this one....
Scotsman says, "Bonnie"
Englishman says, "Beautiful"

Scotsman says, "Forby"
Englishman says, "Besides"

Scotsman says, "Bannock"
English says, "Biscuit"

Here's another one you've probably heard...
Scotsman says, "Laddie"
English says, "Boy"

Scotsman says, "Canny"
Englishman says, "Careful"

Scotsman says, "Bletther"
Englishman says, "Chatter"

Scotsman says, "Bairn"
Englishman says, "Child"

Scotsman says, "Kirk"
Englishman says, "Church"

Here's another common one,
Scotsman says, "Lassie"
Englishman says, "Girl"

Scotsman says, "Ken"
Englishman says, "Know"

Scotsmans says, "Ben"
Englishman says, "Mountain"

Scotsman says, "Och!"
Englishman says, "Well!"

Scotsman says, "Dyke"
Englishman says, "Wall" 





Here are some pronunciation differences:
Scotsman says, "Deid"
Englishman says, "Dead"

Scotsman says, "Baw" 
Englishman says "Bald"

Scotsman says, "Coo"
Englishman says, "Cow"

Scotsman says, "Doon"
Englishman says, "Down"

Scotsman says, "Cauld"
Englishman says, "Cold"

Scotsman says, "Feither"
Englishman says, "Father"

Scotsman says, "Fur"
Englishman says, "For"

Scotsman says, "Frae"
Englishman says, "From"

Scotsman says, "Guid"
Englishman says, "Good"

Scotsman says, "Hauf"
English says, "Half"

Scotsman says, "Heid"
Englishman says, "Head"

Scotsman says, "Intae"
Englishman says, "Into"

Scotsman says, "Hert"
Englishman says, "Heart"

Scotsman says, "Mair"
Englishman says, "More"

Scotsman says, "Hame"
Englishman says, "Home"

Scotsman says, "Mither"
Englishman says, "Mother"

Scotsman says, "Hoose"
Englishman says, "House"

Scotsman says, "Mooth"
English,an says, "Mouth"

Scotsman says, "Aff"
English says, "Off"


And that  is what I will share with for now,

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