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Scottish and North English dialect. laddie A boy. lassie A girl. links Sandy, rolling ground, from Old English hlinc (ridge). pernickety From pernicky. minging literally "stinking", from Scots "to ming". plaid From Gaelic plaide or simply a development of ply, to fold, giving plied then plaid after the Scots pronunciation. pony
"Hoots Mon" is a song written by Harry Robinson, and performed by Lord Rockingham's XI. [1] It was a number-one hit single for three weeks in 1958 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] It is based on the old Scottish folk song, "A Hundred Pipers".
5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...
There is an extensive body of literature, mostly poetry, ballads, and songs, written in Doric. In some literary works, Doric is used as the language of conversation while the rest of the work is in Lallans Scots or British English. [3] A number of 20th and 21st century poets have written poetry in the Doric dialect.
The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) is a 12-volume dictionary that documents the history of the Scots language covering Older Scots from the earliest written evidence in the 12th century until the year 1700. DOST was compiled over a period of some eighty years, from 1931 to 2002.
The Chimes (Scottish band) songs (3 P) Chvrches songs (29 P) Edwyn Collins songs (2 P) D. Deacon Blue songs (23 P) Del Amitri songs (3 P) Jim Diamond (singer) songs ...
To a delicate Scottish tune' It is different in many ways to newer versions of the ballad, but its rhythm and rhyming scheme are familiar, as well some of the text "I never stole no oxe nor cow Nor never murdered any But fifty horse I did receive Of a merchant's man of Gory." "For which I am condemnd to dye, Though guiltlesse I stand dying;