Hii! So I’ve been starting to write some cod fic’s (non posted) and I wanted to know if you could possibly post more Scottish slang or the most misspelled Scottish slang?
DISCLAIMER: I’M ONLY TELLING YOU WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS THAT I PERSONALLY LEARNED FROM MY PARENTS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY CORRECTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TACK THEM ON
I can give you some common words that specifically I use day to day to make it seem more natural in ur writing!
Shouldnae - should not/shouldn’t
Couldnae - could not/couldn’t
Wouldnae - would not/wouldn’t
Nae - no, but only in the context of nae bother, nae danger
(Are you noticing the pattern?)
Much like the first three I posted about these are just in the same vain, not interchangeable and they’re just easy, subtle changes to show someone “hey look they’re Scottish”
Now onto my personal favourite words that may come in handy:
Bonnie - pretty/beautiful
Eejit - idiot, this one’s fun, common insult for us
Dour - grim/gloomy, can be used for most things tbh ie “work is pure dour the day”
Wheesht - shhh, or in a different context, shut the fuck up
Haud/Hauld - hold, the spellings I believe are interchangeable, haud is more common these days tho I think
Greet - cry, the best way to use this is “dinnae greet” if you really wanna go full force with the slang
Peely wally - looking unwell/sick, this is my personal favourite, it can be used outside of the proper context, ie “that looks a bit peely wally eh?”
Pure - very, but use this sparingly, it doesn’t always make sense when you throw it in willy nilly
Okay that’s all I can think of off the top of my head for now but if you need any advice on what context you can use these in that’ll make sense then feel free to dm me and I can talk it through with you :)
Edit to add: here’s the link to my original post for those of you that haven’t seen it yet!
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