Scottish glossary

Started by Farmjazz, August 10, 2008, 10:36:57 AM

Farmjazz

This might help us non-Scots understand the Scottish among us:

http://www.mudcat.org/scots/index.cfm

Oldrottenhead

naw disnae wurk like that, ratzheilanscots, naebday talks like that anymair

translation.

no that is not relevant to modern day scottish dialect, people how live in the mountains may from time to time speak in such ways  but not nowadays.

they only talk like that in hollywood, and the janitor in the simpsons.
whit goes oan in ma heid



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Oldrottenhead
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Oldrottenhead

in yonder field
there stood a coo
it must have shifted
cos its no there noo
whit goes oan in ma heid



Jemima's
Kite

The
Bunkbeds

Honker

Nevermet

Longhair
Tigers

Oldrottenhead
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of."
- Robert Schumann

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SteveG

Made perfect sense to me, but then I'm a Celt too  ;D

Oldrottenhead

Quotein yonder field
there stood a coo
it must have shifted
cos its no there noo
translates as
in a distant far off field
stood a large bovine creature (a cow)
it must have moved away
because it isnt there anymore
whit goes oan in ma heid



Jemima's
Kite

The
Bunkbeds

Honker

Nevermet

Longhair
Tigers

Oldrottenhead
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of."
- Robert Schumann

guitarron



recorder
Boss BR-600
recorder
Boss Micro BR
recorder
Cakewalk SONAR
recorder
Reaper
recorder
Cubasis
recorder
iPad GarageBand