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I'm Scottish - so I'm tempted to say "dreich".... :-) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50476008 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50476008

• rnoorda 4y ago
  My favourite thing about 'dreich' is how often people hearing it for the first time just... get it. The word sounds dreary on its own.
  • arethuza 4y ago
    I must admit that I've spent a lot of time walking up Scottish mountains in fairly dreich conditions - just makes me appreciate how utterly glorious this wee country is when it's not being dreich. :-) Edit: From the comments on that BBC article: Glasgow woman sits in the dentist's chair. "Comfy?" says the dentist. "Govan" says the woman. Edit2: When I was a child I would have asked where someone was from by saying: "Far are ye fae"....
    • dcminter 4y ago
      As a sassenach that took me a minute (even with your helpful addendum)...