How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #26
Cultchie
(n.) farmer; someone born and bred in the countryside; redneck; yokel.
Most commonly used by city-dwellers as a light-hearted jibe towards such country folk.
How tae spake Ulster Scots #25
Clabber
(n.) watery mud.
How tae spake Ulster Scots #24
Dander
(v.) to walk leisurely; (n.) a leisurely walk.
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #23
Fernenst
(adj.) opposite, beside, leaning up against.
How tae spake Ulster Scots #22
Eejit
(n.) idiot, immature person
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #21
Gulder
(v.) shout, roar, yell.
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #20
Mocky
(adj.) humid; mocky aul hate, literally “mocky old heat”, used to describe hot and humid weather conditions.
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #19
Crabbit
(adj.) angry, irritable, in a bad mood
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #18
Red
(v.) literally “raid”. Rarely used on its own, more common is “red out”, meaning to clear out/tidy up a messy, unkempt space (e.g. bedroom, cupboard, garden shed, etc.)
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #17
Foundered
(adj.) to be very cold, “I’m foundered”; Founder (v.) to be made very cold, e.g. “that weather would founder ye”.
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #16
Thran
(adj.) stubborn, pedantic, fussy, contrary.
How tae spake Ulster Scots: Lesson #15
Footer (futer)
(v.) to fiddle with something; to haphazardly work at something; to idly pass the time.
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