{"id":8339,"date":"2015-02-12T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T12:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2020-06-04T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:32:15","slug":"bonny-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=8339","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’re travelling to Scotland it may be worth learning some of these words. They are heard everywhere, and most of them have been included in the corpus of modern English vocabulary.<\/p>\n

\u2190Wauk yer wits
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\u2022\u2192wikihow.com\/Understand-Scottish-Slang<\/a>\u2190<\/p>\n

\u2193 \u00a0\u00a0Caa canny!<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"UK-Scotland-flag\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022\u2192<\/span>Kenneth MacNeill _ Highland clearances\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0<\/span><\/h6>\n

\u00a4 \u00a0Scottish Myths & Legends …\u00a0\u21d2[01]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 [02]<\/a> \u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n

X\u00a0\u2192<\/strong>St Andrew<\/strong>,\u00a0Scotland’s patron saint<\/a>\u2190<\/p>\n

\u221e\u00a0 ‘Cam Ye O’er Frae France’<\/a> \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n

…a\u00a0Scots\u00a0mocking\u00a0folk song from the time of the\u00a0Jacobite Revolution<\/a>\u00a0in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

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Cam ye o’er frae France? Cam ye down by Lunnon<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 . . . (=\u00a0<\/strong>London)<\/address>\n
Saw ye Geordie Whelps and his bonny woman<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 . . . \u00a0(= a woman of loose character)<\/address>\n
Were ye at the place ca’d the Kittle Housie<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0. \u00a0. \u00a0. \u00a0(= brothel)<\/address>\n
Saw ye Geordie’s grace riding on a goosie<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0… \u00a0(derisive nickname for the King’s mistress)<\/address>\n
Geordie, he’s a man there is little doubt o’t;<\/address>\n
He’s done a’ he can, wha can do without it? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/address>\n
\u00a0… (‘blade<\/strong>‘= a person of weak, soft constitution from rapid overgrowth)\u00a0\u00a0<\/address>\n
Down there came a blade<\/strong> linkin’<\/strong> like my lordie; \u00a0 \u00a0 …\u00a0\u00a0(‘linkin’<\/strong>\u00a0= tripping along)<\/address>\n
He wad drive a trade at the loom o’ Geordie.<\/address>\n
Though the claith<\/strong> were bad, blythly may we niffer<\/strong>; \u00a0<\/address>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…(‘claith’<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>= cloth; ‘niffer’<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>= haggle\/exchange)<\/address>\n
Gin<\/strong> we get a wab<\/strong>, it makes little differ. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 … (gin<\/strong>\u00a0= if, whether; \u00a0wab<\/strong>\u00a0= web\/length of cloth)<\/address>\n
We hae tint<\/strong> our plaid, bannet, belt and swordie, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0… \u00a0(= lost)<\/address>\n
Ha’s and mailins<\/strong> braid<\/strong>\u2014but we hae a Geordie! \u00a0 \u00a0… (= houses & farmlands \/ ‘braid’<\/strong>\u00a0= broad)\u00a0<\/address>\n
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Jocky’s gane<\/strong> to France and Montgomery’s lady; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 . . . \u00a0(= gone)<\/address>\n
There they’ll learn to dance: Madam, are ye ready?<\/address>\n
They’ll be back belyve<\/strong> belted, brisk and lordly; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 . . . (= quickly)<\/address>\n
Brawly<\/strong> may they thrive to dance a jig wi’ Geordie! \u00a0 \u00a0. . . (= well;)<\/address>\n
Hey for Sandy Don! \u00a0Hey for Cockolorum!<\/address>\n
Hey for Bobbing John and his Highland Quorum!<\/address>\n
Mony a sword and lance swings at Highland hurdie<\/strong>; \u00a0 . . . (= buttock)<\/address>\n
How they’ll skip and dance o’er the bum o’ Geordie!<\/address>\n