'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!

Bunkers as in kitchen worktops.....

Love this thread! Lived in Scotland as a child. Still buy the Broons/Our Wullie annuals sometimes as my grandparents used to collect them for us from the paper.

I remember
Shoogle
Jobby (love this one, remember a version of the Dallas theme tune about Bobby doing a jobby in the middle of a lobby!)
Wee

Do something 'the morn's morn' i.e tomorrow morning
My aunt kept things in her lobby press = hall cupboard
Greetin' = crying, sobbing

Shoogle's a great word, and shoogly as in 'your coat's on a shoogly peg', 'your in a precarious position'.

@Waitwhat23

When I was at Uni in England, I said to my housemate 'is this picture squint?' and was met with an absolutely baffled look. I hadn't realised until that point that squint, meaning crooked, is a Scottishism!

Is it? My Lord, I’ve lived in England for 27 years and I didn’t realise that!

Love, love, love SHOOGLY! There's no real translation!

Baffies = slippers.

Ah the best one just came to me.... ever so classy....... "shut yer puss" - be quiet.

I suggest people watch still game or chewin the fat!!! Will learn a whole new dialect there hehe!!!

I'm fascinated by the aberdonian slang "fits like"

Sorry has anyone mentioned "flittin" (moving lorry)? My mother used to tell me I looked like "you've fell aff a flittin" when my hair was unkempt.

"shut yer puss" - be quiet.*

My DH is a Community Nurse. He's been to visit several patients where the previous nurse has written in the notes about they 'cleansed and redressed a 'pussy wound'....

'Purulent' is a better description.

Outwith? I’m Scottish been here my whole life.... I don’t get outwith?! Who says it and in what context?!

@ReginaaPhalange

Ah the best one just came to me.... ever so classy....... "shut yer puss" - be quiet.

Now this is an absolute classic 😂😂

@ReginaaPhalange

I suggest people watch still game or chewin the fat!!! Will learn a whole new dialect there hehe!!!

I'm fascinated by the aberdonian slang "fits like"

Only West coast slang - Scotland is more than just Glasgow 😬

Smirr - as in that incredibly fine rain, even lighter than drizzle, which can soak you through no bother.

@birdglasspen

Outwith? I’m Scottish been here my whole life.... I don’t get outwith?! Who says it and in what context?!

This is new on me as well. Been born and bred here, never heard it in ma puff😂

Also any insult back when I was in high school in fife was something starting with "yer maw".

Boys would walk around school with their two fingers out saying "smell yer maw".... I often wonder where these lads ended up in life 🤣

I grew up in the south of England with a Scottish dad. Diluting juice, wee, dreich, haar and sand shoes (plimsolls), “plaaaarstic” and “yoh gert” were all dad words, but jotter is used pretty widely in my experience?

@ChocolateDeficitDisorder

"shut yer puss" - be quiet.*

My DH is a Community Nurse. He's been to visit several patients where the previous nurse has written in the notes about they 'cleansed and redressed a 'pussy wound'....

'Purulent' is a better description.

Is it not 'shut your pus' rather than puss

@User48751490 very true, but still gives a small glimpse of the finest dialect! Especially from the joyous Neds 🤣

Definitely shut your pus.

@dementedpixie it most probably is, but please forgive my dyslexia :)

@birdglasspen

Outwith? I’m Scottish been here my whole life.... I don’t get outwith?! Who says it and in what context?!

You dont hear 'outwith' outwith Scotland

[quote ReginaaPhalange]@dementedpixie it most probably is, but please forgive my dyslexia :) [/quote]
Sorry, it made me think of cats when I saw puss

Swithering. I used it in a Facebook post and a whole heap of my English friends were confused.

But, don’t forget there is a North/South divide here too. I’m fae Aiberdeenshire, my husband is frae the Lothians. We have many debates about the right word, and how to pronounce them. He sees craws, I see craas. My favourite word is clarty, he says barkit.

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

The English equivalent is without. But it is largely unused in that way except in very formal (or outdated) text.

I wouldn't say a picture being "squint" is Scottish

It really is. Squint is used in England, but not to mean crooked. I’ve done extensive research with many English (and American) colleagues.