What is this "wee" word i see everywhere

[meditereb]

What does it mean ? Why is used for everything ?

Wow

Aw when I was a wee lassy my old papa used it a lot.

He was Scottish, it means small, young, little.

It can also mean to urinate. It depends on the context. The wee lass went to the toilet and had a wee. Sadly there was no bog roll.

Thanks @Newjez my first laugh of the day. Needed that

And OP it’s a common word in daily use in Glasgow. It’s normal speak for Scottish people.

Wee bobey.

Oh come on OP! You’re being a wee bit silly.

Have you suddenly met a Scottish person for the first time?

Or ‘the wee lass went to the toilet and had a wee wee-wee’ 😂

Are you wanting this to be an anti Scottish thread OP?

You've never heard of a wee dram?

Then there's Bide a wee........

a wee dram

How you're talking!

Umm..

Is it too early?

It is an alternative term for urine? An affectionate term.

The same as pee but somehow nicer.

OP may not have English as first language why are people being so rude?

Lol. If you think it’s used a lot on MN move to Northern Ireland where it can be used 3 or 4 times in a single sentence. ‘There you are my wee love, here’s your wee bit of change and let’s put your wee biscuits in this wee bag for you’.

There was a great programme on TV a few years ago called London Irish (written by Lisa McGee who created and wrote the equally great Derry Girls). At one point one of the characters was so incensed by the constant use of the word ‘wee’ she burst out ‘I don’t have a WEE passport, I have a perfectly normal size passport!’ That’s become a family catchphrase here, trotted out whenever passports or travel are mentioned.

From a Scot - small, or young.

Also a childish word for urine.

OP may not have English as first language why are people being so rude?

Op has access to google. They could also probably work it out from context.

Two meanings:

I'm going for a wee (I'm going to pass urine).

I'm having a wee drink (I'm going to have a little drink). The latter is very common in Scotland and Ireland.

@Deathraystare I always thought it was bide awa’?

...also Geordie. Where they have bairns instead of wains.

Even non native English speakers have google...
What the little pig said as he ran home?

Is it too early?

No such thing during the current situation, surely! Unless you are essential personnel and have to drive to work.

Wee bobey

Thanks queef

I live in London so don’t hear the use of ‘wee’ very often so find it very charming (and that’s not meant to sound condescending, I love different dialects!)

You can’t move for it in Northern Ireland.

‘Put your wee card in the wee machine’ is my personal favourite.