'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!

Aye right meaning No

Don’t know if it’s a Scottish saying.
There used to be a Scottish lady lived across the road when I was young
She used to come to chat with DM some evenings.
When she was leaving she would say “ Aye well, I’ll away to the old scratcher.”
Apparently it meant she was going to bed.

I once got out on the naughty step of twitter for saying that I hoped the thief of a posters rose bushes got jagged by them. Not quite sure what they thought it meant (I assume they assume the worst). I did translate and got taken off the naughty step.

I wouldn't say a picture being "squint" is Scottish. The main ones I have heard from my DH's family are bramble for blackberry and burn for stream. And "wee" for small of course.

My grandma (Newcastle) used to say ‘I’m away to my scratcher’

These are all making me feel homesick

We had it as
Jotters - school books
Get your jotters - getting sacked

On a shoogly peg - close to disaster
Juice - there was a thread here recently where someone was greetin they expected fresh OJ, not a cheap diluting juice

Dod end / heel for ends of bread... or maybe that was just our house

Shoogly tooth

Amn't versus the English aren't.

'I'm right, amn't I?' means I'm right, am I not?

'I'm right, aren't I?' means I'm right, are I not?

Which doesn't make sense.

[quote Beseen22]@thetinsoldier

See i would say Far div ye bide? for where do yoy stay?[/quote]
If I said that in England, I'd get some funny looks!!

Are you from Aberdeen?

Is jotters Scottish? We had jotters in my English secondary school.

I'm English, used to live in Scotland.
My neighbour asked me if her little boy could "clap" my cat - I didn't have a clue what she meant, she had to explain to me again.

"You'll have had your tea" this was said to me if I visited anyone in the late afternoons, if they weren't going to feed me! Took me a while to realise they didn't expect an answer

Outwith - I still use this in England and do get some people not understanding what I mean.

Fish supper

Skelf for splinter

My favourites Scottish words are:
Drookit
Crabbit
Glaikit
Dubby
Footery
Midden
Scoosh
Scunnered

There are hundreds of small differences in daily conversation:
Mind instead of remember
The morra instead of tomorrow
The now instead of now
Saying "So s/he did" when someone did something good/unusual
Something "needs done" e.g. the washing machine needs fixed, instead of needs to be fixed/fixing.
Needing to leave "sharp" or arriving "the back of" the hour.
Asking a kid "what age are you" instead of "how old are you"

I am English but moved to Glasgow 15years ago and my kids were born and grown up here.

My Scottish Mum makes jam ‘pieces’ instead of sandwiches.

Quite a few of these dialect words are in use in England I'm working class settings especially, if yesteryear at least. My grandparents said fish supper in London, also jotter, juice for squash, jobbie or job, but housecoat was an apron with sleeves you wear doing housework over your clothes

Dreich, drookit, baltic, greetin'.

The bunker meaning worktop
The downie meaning duvet
Slaters meaning woodlouse
Juice meaning any soft drink!

I'm sure more will come to me!

I am a Scot living in England. Agree with 'fish supper' and 'getting the messages' not being understood.

My dp particularly liked to use the phrase 'it's guy dreich', which he learned in Scotland, which sounds ridiculous in an English accent.

Remember as a kid everyone called ear wigs 'clipshears' - never heard this in England either.

@Maireas

Bauchle Choochter

Do you mean teuchter?

I went to Stirling uni for 4 years. Fizzy drinks will always be "juice" to me.
Sausage suppers were also a pretty common meal!

@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

As an English person, your English colleague is wrong. I think people of various nationalities (including the English) often describe distance as time taken to travel between two points, it's definitely not just a Scottish thing.

Sleekit - a person who is sly

Clipshear - earwig

Ashet - serving platter (from the French assiette)

Rammy -a loud noise

Fache - to bother. Most often used in the negative. I couldnae be fached doing the dishes. Dinnae fache me, hen

Hen - any female, old, young and inbetween!

The morns morn - tomorrow

Tattieboogle - scarecrow

Neb - nose

Stour - cloud of dust

@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

Agreed! I've read the whole thread looking for this.

"How?" Definitely means why... although my Northumbrian dp would argue this 😂

Blether - chatterbox
Bahookie - bum/bottom
Skelf - splinter
Bolt - go away
Anaw - as well
Hummin, reeking, bowfin, honkin - very smelly
Hoachin - really busy as in town was hoachin today
Gonnae - going to
Up to high doe - feeling stressed
Plook - spot/zit
Weesht - be quiet
Blootered - drunk

Putting your washing out on the whirly gig 🤣

Making a piece n jam with the plain loaf outsider.