Keith Scots Wirds
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Keith Scots Wirds
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 13 Nov 2021
Several of the empty shops in Mid Street have been decorated with posters of Scots words, part of the town's self-promotion as a stronghold of the Scots language. For the edification of the bewildered, a tatterwallop is a woman whose clothes are in need of mending; a puddock is a frog; to plowter is to wade though mud; dubs means mud; dumfoonert means amazed; couthie means pleasant, kind, affable etc. Fu (more often spelled fou) is drunk, a kirn is a mess or a muddle, a loun has a variety of meanings, but usually means a boy or young man; glaikit means stupid and dreich is used to describe dull, damp, drizzly weather. Anyone who can decipher any of the other words, or would like to know how to pronounce them, is welcome to ask me.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.540239
Longitude
-2.949948