'Scottish' words in other countries

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Inspired by a thread on here about apple and pear squash (aka as diluting juice North of the border), what other Scottish words or phrases have been met with blank looks?
For me, it was 'jotters' (books you jot things down in, so essentially exercise books) and 'gutties' (black plimsolls for primary school PE).
Any others? Been here so long I've probably forgotten most!

Bosie = cuddle

Lair - plot in a graveyard

They just call it a plot elsewhere? I’m astonished!

This thread 😂 homesick now.

Hawd yer wheeesht- shut up/ hold your opinion/story

Flume- waterslide

@RockCrushesLizard NE Scotland then :)

Boosie. As in “ the Bairns got a boosie face” the milk drunk face a baby has.
Anyone else know this. My family were from Inverness

Footering or guddling
Swithering
Haar
Dreich
Clarty
Teuchter
Face like a skelped airse

My MIL from Fife uses “up to high doh” a lot.

I’ve always used “outwith”, as in “outwith the confines of the site”, in reports - nothing else quite fits.

Me too.

I’m in Edinburgh, and one of my friends uses the word ‘shan’ as ‘that’s a shame’. That’s shan. Born and brought up in Scotland and I’d never heard of it.

'dinnae be shan', the Edinburgh schoolkids cry.

Keeping shorties - keeping an eye out.

Dreep - dropping off a wall by your hands.

Aye but no but - no

Burst - broken. 'who burst that window?'

Argh autocorrect! It's keeping shotties

@IamMummyhearmeROAR

Calling a whiny child 'Granny Mutchie'

Oh! I haven't heard this in years. My dad used to accuse me of being a wee granny mutchie if I was mithering for something. I think I'm going to revive it for my daughter

Teenybash!

My dad used to call me that, affectionately. I loved it. My nose was out of joint when he started calling the dog teenybash.

Ahh my youngest was called teeny bash too , and some times still is , in his 20's now

Teeny bash! My mum still calls me that!

I was called The Bairn until I got married. I hated it. Why could my nephew not have taken over this title?

@iusedtobecool

I’m in Edinburgh, and one of my friends uses the word ‘shan’ as ‘that’s a shame’. That’s shan. Born and brought up in Scotland and I’d never heard of it.

From Edinburgh - never heard of this.

@jocktamsonsbairn

Having "a face like a horse in a huff" is one of my all time favourites!

A face the length of Leith Walk.

@Elizabethtailor

Sauce as in salt and sauce very different to ketchup or brown sauce

When I worked in a chippy, sauce was diluted HP sauce (in a glass lemonade bottle with a hole in the cap).

@GromblesofGrimbledon

Oh and saying "the now" "the day" and "the morra"

"I'm going to do it the now."

Tomorrow is the Morn.

I just thought of some others. Scran meaning food or eat. A good scran. Also Tan as in drinking something quickly ( I thinks it’s in that context! ) not sure if they’re exclusively East coast or not.

Yes, we used to say shan for bad in Edinburgh in the 80s. Also barry for good, chum for accompany you somewhere, and chore/chorey for steal.

Not sure about the spelling, but if our bedroom was a mess, our mother used to complain to me and my sister that it was 'like Annacker's midden in here'. Haven't heard that for years.

I have a Scottish friend who often says 'I'm going a walk'

Surely it's 'I'm going for A walk'? Is it incorrect grammar or is this a Scottish thing too?

When I went to the swimming baths, I would bring a snack - called it a shivery bite. Ate it on the bus home.

Laughing at Granny Mutchie too - haven’t heard that for so long!