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A better article here, with more fun words: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50476008 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50476008 My personal favourite
by stevekemp 7y ago
A better article here, with more fun words:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50476008 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50476008
My personal favourite Scots word is "wheesht", which I grew up hearing, to mean "be quiet now". I'm no longer in the UK, but I still find myself saying it, almost reflexively, to our boy here in Finland. He understands it just fine!
- GordonS 7y agoYou can also expand it to "haud yer wheest!", which instead is something like "shut your mouth!"