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Life In Low Income Families In Scotland: Research Report
GLOSSARY: SCOTS LANGUAGE & OTHER COLLOQUIALISMS USED IN THE REPORT
This Glossary has been included because the verbatim extracts from the focus group interviews contain local and regional expressions used by interviewers and focus group participants and it is anticipated that the report will attract readers from outside Scotland and the UK.
Spelling in report | Standard English translation |
A' | All |
Aff | Off |
Ah | I |
Ah've | I have |
Ane | Own |
Aw | All |
Aye | Yes |
Bairns | Children |
Bru | Social Security |
Bump it | Not to pay debt |
Cannae | Cannot |
Chap | Knock |
Close | Communal space of block of flats |
Dae | Do |
daein' | doing |
Didnae | Did not |
Digging | Criticising |
Dinnae | Don't |
Disnae | Does not |
Doon | Down |
Dug | Dog |
Efter | After |
Fae | From |
Fur | For |
Gie | Give |
Gonnae | Going to |
Ha' | have |
Hair dos | Hair cut / style |
Hame | Home |
Hoose | House |
Huv | Have |
Huvin' | Having |
Ither | Other |
Jaicket | Jacket |
Jist | Just |
Ken | Know |
Lassie | Girl/daughter |
Lay out | Pay out |
Ma | My / Mother |
Mair | More |
Mam | Mother |
Maself | Myself |
Miffed | Annoyed |
Messages | Shopping |
Monday lifters | Illegal money lenders |
Nae | None/no |
No' | Not |
Nowt | Nothing |
Nuthin' | Nothing |
O' | Of |
Oor | Our |
Oot | Out |
Postie | Post Office/postman |
Press | Cupboard |
Pulling teeth | Trying hard without success |
Roon | Round |
Sckill | School |
Shellin' | Spending |
Shot | Attempt |
Tae | To |
Taking the cut | Taking the blame |
Tane | Taken |
Theirsel' | Theirself |
Thigither | Together |
Toon | Town |
Tricks | Cheating |
2 stripe trackies | Unbranded (and cheap) tracksuit |
Wae | With |
Wean | Child |
Wee | Small / younger |
Whit | What |
Whitever | Whatever |
Wi' | With |
Widnae | Would not |
Wifey | Woman |
Wis | Was |
Wisnae | Was not |
Yae | You |
Yer | You're / Your |
Yin | One |
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