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@mactakeshi.bsky.social@mactakeshi.bsky.socialHe couldnae jalouse that
As soon as he git in the door
His erse wis parsley
#Scotstober2026
@albertkirkjr.bsky.socialYAAAAAAAAS
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@dgplacenames.bsky.social#Scotstober2026 Day 6: HOACHIN
The SND has a very on-brand quote fae Trotter in his Galloway Gossip (1901):
"There's a wheen Ayrshiremen gotten inta the Stewartry noo, an it'll sune be hotchin wi them."
@stooryduster.bsky.social#Scotstober #Scotstober2026 #prompt1 #baffies #slippers #Teacher
Ah dinna ken if it’s richt tae caw them things baffies.”
@hugan.bsky.social'Shearing Day'
Thon yowe is fell thrawn
She's lea'd me aw forfochtin
Wi aw her thratching
That ewe is exceedingly obstinate
She's left me all worn out
With all her struggling
@dgplacenames.bsky.social#Scotstober2026 Day 4: Forfochten
Here's ma owersettin o Þórðr Særeksson's 'Þórálfs drápa Skólmssonar'.
It wis furthset as 'Anent Thoralf Skolmsson' in Lallans 100: auldnorse.wordpress.com/2022/02/20/t...
@dgplacenames.bsky.socialJuist fun WERSH 'bitter taste' in the Arbroath Guide (1910) sae there's anither antedatin fir #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026
Aiblins fae a 1908 ad tae "SWEETENS LIFE. When wersh and raw, try Cheyne's Home-Made Jams." Thon micht juist be 'bland' but
@dgplacenames.bsky.social#Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 day 3: HUM-DINKIN an WERSH
The first yin's no in SND (there's no even HUM 'smell' at A can see). The Complete Patter (1985) haes HUM-A-DING-DONG 'very smelly. Ainly HUMDINKIN A've fun is fae a Tartan Army message board (2018): "History shows that Strachan was in >>>
@albertkirkjr.bsky.socialHere a bit #FitbaSpaeman patter for eh Scotland an England gemms the day:
🇭🇷 1 - 3 🏴
🇲🇰 1 - 0 🏴 (McBurnie tae miss twa pens)
MON EH FITBA!!!
@hugan.bsky.socialPorridge may taste wersh
Withoot a pickle o' salt.
Succar if ye maun.
@dgplacenames.bsky.socialThe day's #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wirds are BAHOOCHIE (1985) an WHEEN (1757)
Got BEHOOCHIE (a spelling no in SND) back tae 1979 an BAHOOKIE (1989) back to 1974.
Havnae tried tae antedate WHEEN but SND lists COOLING WHEEN (1838), which A didnae ken: "In Scotland, where broth is an almost >>>
@hugan.bsky.socialA #wheen o' wee rogues
Fair mak a bellum an' din
Wi' mootie mooths
@dgplacenames.bsky.socialRicht, there's twa #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wird leets. Guid! A'm gonnae try an antedate as mony as A can.
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
@hugan.bsky.socialTak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun