Unofficial #Scotstober

Today's word is BAFFIES

I'm going to be posting mockups of a Scots Word Family List, here BAFFIES is approximately the 3,000th most common word family. It is only used in a noun form, mostly in the plural sense. About as common as the English words CHARITY or CHEMICAL

#Scotstober 2026

Ane thing Ah lik aboot October ur the wunnerfu colours o the nearby Dahlia Gairden.

Fit's a thing ye lik aboot October?

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*Thare hasnae been ony annooncement fir the year's #Scotstober, sae Ah'm skaerin things Ah lik aboot October.
**Ah'm nae native spikker.

#Scotstober

@albertkirkjr.bsky.social has resurrected this, so here's my entry for day 1, taken from my latest WIP, Maggie Walls Wood, to be published later this year

#baffies

#Scotstober Day 1

BAFFIES - Comfy shuin aften wrocht oot o oo. Ye weir them in the hoose, oot tae the van, or drappin the weans aff at the schuil. The baffie wis a sair wappen in the haunds o a bealin maw or paw, sae ye haed tae tak tent! Repeat efter me: BAFFIES

HERE YER UNOFFISHELLL #Scotstober 2026 Wird Leet!

This is the leet A wis gaunnae yaise juist masel, an thocht A'd share it wi youse in case ye'r wantin a leet tae follae. Ma rede but is TAE DAE WHITIVER YE LIKE! Dae whitiver Scots ye want tae dae. Juist mak siccar ye dae it! 😃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It leuks like @drmdempster.bsky.social isnae for daein #Scotstober this year. Whit for is nane o ma business. Housomiver, thare nae raison hou we cannae dae it wursels, sae...

...yon leet o wirds that ye dae is gey gey handy, sae gin ye'r ploy is tae dae yin, gaunnae get it oot here shairp? 😃)

Onywey, gin we dinnae get yon leet we can still heeze the leid in #Scotstober IN ONY BUCKIN WEY WE LIKE!

Yon's whit A'll be daein onywey, an tae hang wi the affcomes.

A'm urnae seein ony signs o @drmdempster.bsky.social on ony socials this wather, sae A'm urnae shair gin wur gettin yer tradeetional #Scotstober in 2026 ☹️

YON DAESNAE MEAN WE CANNAE DAE IT WURSELS BUT!

Daesnae say muckle for us gin we'r dependent on yin chiel.

(Awtho gin ye'r oot thare Doc...

Ah'd aw lik tae ken 'at...

#Scotstober

Dae ye think we'r gettin #Scotstober this year?