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Scots Dictionary

Post by ras » 15 Aug 2005, 00:00

Scotland on Sunday had a wee gem of a Scots Dictionary.
Have made it to 'G', and my favourite so far is 'bastartin'. There is phrase to show where you may use it:

'watch whit yir daein wi that bastartin hammer!'
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Post by bearcub » 15 Aug 2005, 21:34

Sandra was engrossed in it too yesterday - I never even had a chance to have a look :roll:
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Post by foxy » 23 Aug 2005, 17:01

My daughter is doing Scots dialect at school and needs to know what "bubbly Jock" is. Is it a crybaby or something to eat (or am I getting confused with bubble and squeak)...anybody?
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Post by Porty » 23 Aug 2005, 17:21

Foxy, my daughter is doing cockney rhyming dialect, any good?
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Post by bearcub » 23 Aug 2005, 17:30

foxy wrote:My daughter is doing Scots dialect at school and needs to know what "bubbly Jock" is. Is it a crybaby or something to eat (or am I getting confused with bubble and squeak)...anybody?
Have just consulted the revered edition:

Bubbly jock: a bubbly jock is a male turkey. It is probably so called because of the noise it makes.

Learn something new everyday :D
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Post by foxy » 23 Aug 2005, 17:32

Ah so something to eat then...thanks Bearcub :lol:
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Post by Porty » 23 Aug 2005, 17:32

bearcub wrote:
foxy wrote:My daughter is doing Scots dialect at school and needs to know what "bubbly Jock" is. Is it a crybaby or something to eat (or am I getting confused with bubble and squeak)...anybody?
Have just consulted the revered edition:

Bubbly jock: a bubbly jock is a male turkey. It is probably so called because of the noise it makes.

Learn something new everyday :D
Its a bird in cockney also.
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Post by foxy » 23 Aug 2005, 18:48

Porty wrote:
bearcub wrote:
foxy wrote:My daughter is doing Scots dialect at school and needs to know what "bubbly Jock" is. Is it a crybaby or something to eat (or am I getting confused with bubble and squeak)...anybody?
Have just consulted the revered edition:

Bubbly jock: a bubbly jock is a male turkey. It is probably so called because of the noise it makes.

Learn something new everyday :D
Its a bird in cockney also.
I may have come across one of those :roll: :shock: :roll:
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