What is this "wee" word i see everywhere

[meditereb]

What does it mean ? Why is used for everything ?

what is the point of this thread?

The point of this thread is for OP to have a wee laugh. The plan was to throw a little goady nugget into the ring and watch tons of MNer rush in and dance. OPs purpose has been served.

Asking someone - maybe a child to "wait a wee minute" is a gentler way of asking them to "wait a minute", it infers a softer, more tender way of asking. True but adults will use it with other adults - it's meant well but can feel a bit odd at first.

Is a wee streamie what I think it is?

Google didn’t help btw.

Yes it is going for a pee

Never seen wain- West coast here ( Glasgow) always wean ( as in wee un).

Bairn is Dundee/ East coast.

I think this thread is a result of no school and bored children...

Do you seriously know any school child who would play the long game by setting up an account on MN, posting for 9 months on the off chance that there might be an pandemic when they could post stupid questions?

@ThumbWitchesAbroad it's been well answered, a definite term of endearment, used in such as child fallen over and grazed knee 'oh you wee scone, do you need a hug' can also be used sarcastically of course 'oh it's such a hard life being so popular and beautiful.. you poor wee scone'.

One of mum's freinds was Scottish and always used 'wee' for anything small. We christened her Tiny Wee! She wasn't !

AS does rather suggest OP is real by the way! And not a wee lassie having a wee laugh.

I absolutely had wee weans. I'm on the west coast and that's what they are called here. Or even wee bits of weans.

*I think this thread is a result of no school and bored children...

Do you seriously know any school child who would play the long game by setting up an account on MN, posting for 9 months on the off chance that there might be an pandemic when they could post stupid questions?*

Anything is possible these days. May be using a parent's account, who knows? Does the op often ask these kind of questions, I didn't look? Regardless, it still could be a bored younger person messing about, or even a bored older one.

The current pandemic is also bringing to mind the difference between feeling:-

No affie weel

And

Affie no weel

Dh and I spent a few weeks watching a wee episode a night of Two Doors Down. We're from Belfast, so didn't need wee subitiles.

My ears are burning.

The wee English fella in Derry Girls can explain.

'The fact that people here use the word wee to describe things that aren't actually that small'.

Did the OP not come back then?

what a great thread.

A million thanks to the OP for setting it off . Sometimes it's the little things that are the best. Sorry I meant the wee things........

Also thanks to OverSideways Upside Down (hope I got that right) for the poem. I don't know what a Malkie is but I don't think I want one in my house.

My first patient had a “dry boak” and a “sair thrapple”, and I was perplexed! Bless you Babdoc and thanks for the laugh.
Nurses often ask people for a 'wee signature'.
We call one of our sheep 'wee' Gleneagles even though he is a big bruiser and pure dead evil

I don't know what a Malkie is

Don't panic, not a request, I'm going to google it.

Ponder the words "we'll just need a wee sample" in a medical context.

Wain where I am.

Wean?

Bairn where I'm from.

@playthestation wean/wain is used in the west coast. In the east coast we say bairn.

Multiple spellings I think. I've seen about 3 for wheest. Possibly it depends on area?