COMMON SCOTTISH DIALECT & PHRASES: (this will be in the game in a tab in stats / I haven’t used all of these phrases but just in case. They should hopefully be pretty easy to understand.)
COMMON WORDS:
“Aye” ≈ “Yes”
“Naw” ≈ “No”
“Dinnae” ≈ “Don’t”
“Ken” ≈ “Know”
“Dinnae ken.” ≈ “I don’t know.”
“Wee” ≈ “Small/Little” (“Just wait a wee minute.”)
“Wean” ≈ “Child/anyone who looks younger/smaller”
(The title The Brae Weans literally means The Hill Children.)
“Braw” ≈ “Brilliant / Attractive / Lovely” ( “That’s braw.” | “He’s quite braw.”)
“Pure” ≈ “Very” (“That’s pure class.”)
“Dead” ≈ “Really” (“I’m dead tired.”)
“Sound” ≈ “Good person / or used to say ‘okay’”
( “He’s sound.” | “That’s sound.”)
“Pal” ≈ “Friend”
“Lad / Lass” ≈ “Boy/Girl”
“Da” ≈ “Dad”
“Mam” ≈ “Mum”
“Greetin’” ≈ “Crying” (“Whit are ye greetin’ fur?”)
“Blether” ≈ “A chat” (We’re just havin’ a blether.”)
“Chippy” ≈ Fish & Chip Shop
“Messages” ≈ Groceries / Shopping. (“Mam’s away for the messages.”)
“Skint” ≈ Broke / no money.
“Numpty” ≈ Idiot (not very offensive = “Quit actin’ like a numpty!”
“Muppet” ≈ Idiot. (Usually affectionately used)
“Outwith” ≈ Outside of
COMMON PHRASES:
“Whit ye saying?” ≈ “What’s up?”
(common among teenagers.)
“You awright?” ≈ “You okay?”
“Cheers.”
Can mean:
• Thank you / Thanks
• Goodbye
“No bother.” ≈ “No problem.”
“Aye, right.”
(Usually means… “I don’t believe you.”)
“Away ye go.”
Can mean:
• Go away.
• Stop talking nonsense.
• You’re joking.
(Depends entirely on tone.)
“Get tae.” ≈ “No way.”
“Get tae fuck.” ≈ “Fuck off.”
“Behave yersel’.” ≈ “Stop it.”
“Haud yer wheesht.” ≈ “Be quiet.”
(Usually said by the older generations.)
“Catch yersel’ on.” ≈ “Wise up.”
“Gie’s peace.” ≈ “Leave me alone.”
“Whit’s the craic?” ≈ “What’s happening?”
(Common in west coast Scotland and Northern Ireland.)
“See ye the morn.” ≈ “See you tomorrow.”
“I’m burst.” ≈ “I’m exhausted.”
“It’s baltic.” ≈ “It’s freezing.”
“I’m roasting.” ≈ “I’m boiling.”
“That’s grim.” ≈ “That’s awful.”
“That’s class.”≈ “That’s amazing.”
“Shut it.” ≈ “Be quiet.”
“Get it up ye.”
A playful way of saying: “Serves you right.”
