The Live The Adventure Letter 
Do you want to talk like a true Scotsman? Try out some of these Scottish words and sayings in your own conversations!
• Aboot – About
• Ain – Own
• Auld – Old
• Aye – Yes
• Bairn – Baby
• Baw – Ball
• Bide – To wait, or stay.
• Blether – Talkative
• Bonnie – Beautiful
• Braw – Good, or brilliant
• Breeks – Trousers, pants
• Chancer – Trickster, troublemaker
• Coo – Cow
• Crabbit – Bad tempered, or as we would say, crabby!
• Dae – Do
• Dauner – Walk – “I’m away for a dauner”
• Drookit – Soaking wet
• Dug – Dog
• Feart – Afraid
• Frae – From
• Gallus – Bravado, over-confident
• Gaunnae – Going to
• Gumption – Common sense, initiative
• Hae – Have
• Haud – Hold
• Hoose – House
• Hunner – Hundred
• Huvnae – Haven’t
• Keek – A little look
• Ken – Know
• Lum – Chimney
• Mair – More
• Merrit – Married
• Mockit, Manky, Mingin’, Boggin’ – All mean dirty
• Moose – Mouse
• Naw – No
• Noo – Now
• Oot – Out
• Piece – A sandwich
• Reek – Smell, emit smoke
• Riddy – A red face, embarrassed
• Scullery – Kitchen
• Scunnered – Bored
• Shoogle – Shake
• Skoosh – Lemonade (or fizzy drink)
• Sleekit – Sly
• Stour – Dust
• Tattie – Potato
• Telt – Told
• Thon – That
• Wean – Child
• Whit – What
• Willnae – Will not
• Widnae – Would not
• Windae – Window
• Wummin – Women
• Ye – You
• Yer – Your
• Yin – One
Fun Scottish Sayings:
Skinny Malinky Longlegs! – A tall thin person.
Speak o’the Devil! – Usually said when you have been talking about someone and they appear shortly thereafter.
Keep the heid! – Stay calm, don’t get upset. Literally means to “keep your head.”
I’m pure done in – I’m feeling very tired or worn out.
Auld Lang Syne – It’s not just a song. It’s a popular phrase that actually means since long ago or “old long since.”
“You’re a wee scunner!” – Means someone is being a bit of a nuisance or is being whiny and difficult.
“I’m getting the messages” – This one actually means getting the groceries! In Scotland, “Messages” are items you get at a store.
