'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!

@JenniferWooley

I confused my cousins English boyfriend when I suggested giving the pram a wee shoogle to settle the bairn back down

😂😂 I confused my Australian friend by telling her to give something a wee shoogle 😂

Salt and sauce vs Salt and vinegar

Foosty

A roll an square sausage with a tattie scone and brown sauce!

This is like listening to a conversation with my husbands family! Some classics in there

The ‘wains’ is a favourite of mine.

‘The back of’ I never get that! I’ve been with my husband 15 years and it still bloody confuses me 😂😂😂

Jotters in Scotland means any type of book children write in in school whereas where I teach in England it tends to mean an exercise book for rough work. Been teaching for a decade down here and I still can't get my head round saying 'maths books' instead of 'maths jotters' - makes me imagine a printed book!

@MollyQueenOfSocks

I see Jobby everywhere, including in business names, and it means something entirely different in Scotland.

And old English friend of mine would always say she needed to do a little Jobby when she needed to run an errand and of course, I laughed internally like a child every time

Apparently, track suit bottoms with elastic cuffs are called jobby catchers.

I have a new thing to be judgmental about.

The words to the hokey cokey are slightly different in Scotland (and the North of England) too.

@RockCrushesLizard

My (London) kids regularly get look confused when I use "skive", "clype" or "nyaff"...

I used clype yesterday here in England. Felt very proud of myself.

I’m an English teacher in Scotland and we do a SQA Scots Language award which is all about dialect words. Love all these Scottish phrases - never heard of getting a row as one before though! I’ve had lots of blank looks at using the word dookers for your swimsuit before!

I like 'cutting about' for going around, eg cutting about the town, instead of going around town.

How? For why lol

Get tae fuck - go away

Fuck off? - no way?!?!

Away and take a shite or away and boil yer heid - aye whatever

@CraftyGin I call my daughters breeks wi cuffs jobbycatchers

You can have a good bleather with your mates, or be told you are a blether or a cheeky besom, not sure of the spelling, sorry😀

I'm not sure if this is a Scottish thing (an English colleague assures me it is) that distance is measured in time, not miles

How far away is work - 15 mins
How near Glasgow are you - about half an hour

Theyre right though, everyone I know does it

I had a thermometer that offered instructions for taking 'oxter temperature' - presumably either made in Scotland, or, more likely, someone using Google translate or similar and going for a regional translation but I love it!!

Cowp and midden

@Redglitter

I'm not sure if this is a Scottish thing (an English colleague assures me it is) that distance is measured in time, not miles

How far away is work - 15 mins
How near Glasgow are you - about half an hour

Theyre right though, everyone I know does it

I think that's the same everywhere.

And sook

Skelf!

Gleekit

... and sleekit.

Married to an Englishman.

After 20 years he's still baffled why the mugs live in the cupboard but we stay in Glasgow.

Jotters too - I taught in Spain for a year and hadn't realised that other places in the world talk about exercise books or note books, so there's a whole generation of Spanish children (grown ups now) talking about their English jotter.

Outwith is a brilliant word which doesn't have an "English" equivalent.

Other good words are Skoosh (a wee skoosh of oil when cooking), shoogle and footery.

We've all had our jags - I think that's a Scottish-ism for jabs / vaccinations!!
And my favourite word is guddle - meaning a mess!

"clap the dug" - pat the dog
saying "how" instead of "why"?
Simmet- vest
"Shine they cups oot"- wash those dishes
"Chap the door" - "knock the door".

Also love 'sook' for someone who is sucking up!