Scottish words that scarred me for life 

I'm sorry I talked about bird poo for SO LONG

shat on by birds... the flying kind. thanks for the clarification erin! hahaha

I laughed so hard at your comeback to the guy who called you a billy, I had to stop the video hahahh

Erin this was just what the Dr ordered, I’ve had a week from hell and now I had a good laugh thank you.

I moved from England to Scotland as a kid, and there were so many words that I had to get used to. Winch, jotter, pure and dobber! We also had flunkies (the mosher kids), "chill the beans" for calm down and "last day" when you were talking about the previous lesson (like the teacher would say "last day we looked at chapter two, so now we're moving on to chapter 3)...must be so many others!

Tottywhat😂 Never heard that. Pimps, aye everything used to be pimps 😂🙈

I guess Scottish tap water would be pure pure. Also, if I were you I would never go to the beach without an umbrella. Keep the seagulls from keechin on ya.

I think about the word jotter a lot. Was so baffled when predictive text became a thing and jotter always had a line under it. Like how is that not a real word from the dictionary when I’d used it my whole life ahahahha

I've never laughed so much thanks for cheering me up Erin and remembering me of Scottish words I've not heard in Years especially playpiece but I still say piecetime now and Winch in Perth is not a very nice looking person and Dobber here means a lazy person at work I work with a few Dobbers 😂 x

From Canada flew back hame at 17 years old for a few weeks. After that trip it took me weeks to NOT think in Scottish. I then realized I was bilingual. (Scottish and Canadian). Your talks are pure dead brilliant.

Yep id love to hear another Scottish song! Haha you said in a previous vlog in your jotters from school every other word was pure this or pure that..lol! I love the stories you tell from when you were a kid. So funny 🤣 This vlog really brightened my day

Yup , I’m from Livingston and a play piece was a snack or money for the van or tuck shop 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

As a kid we would say 'bobbing for apples'.

Much appreciated Erin. Had quite a few laughs watching this and you taught me some words to possibly give locals a laugh whenever I return. You're sense of humour is awesome and very uplifting - Thank you! I've been in Dumbarton, the up the castle rock and Overtoun house, then up to the Drovers before investigating my great grandfather's area of Bonawe, Connel and Oban. LOVE SCOTLAND!!!

In primary school, when I was 8/9/10/11 years old, the children around that age would yell racist comments at ethnic students in their years and other years. Unfortunately I was one of those students but that was because my friends used those words because their parents taught them it and I would do it.

Our year group was the last of getting the routine TB jags, raging! 😂 should have been a 92 baby instead and that literally did scar me 🙈

tottywat might be from tot (small child) and watt (to think or understand). I remember sitting under a large tree that had a base so broad that about six adults could surround the base with bodies flattened against the tree and arms extended and fingers barely touching. This was in Vancouver Canada (Stanley park) I was with my grandfather who was bald and right in the middle of the bald spot a seagull keeshed on him. There used to be a lot of bronze statues in Stanley park and they were absolutely covered. (Don't feed the pigeons), I suppose they were trying to honour their great achievements. When I was about 4 or five there was a small boy who saw dog pooh that was on the ground so long it had turned white. He yelled "oh boy marshmallows!" and threw several pieces down his gullet before he realized what it was, then it was "oooh this is dog shit"! In Canada dookin is ducking as in the motion a duck makes when it goes under water, also it was used when someone was pushing a child on a swing and they called that under ducking when you went below the seat to push someone higher. Blether is Blather. "The wind blow high and the wind blow low through the streets in a kilt he'll go". I think you are a real blast lass!

"can we just talk about the p***s?" I was not prepared for that one and may have snorted energy drink

In the US we call it "Dunking" for apples, and I feel the same way about it 😂 I never did it either!

Omg defo used the word nip all the time in primary school lol

Your shoe is bleeding .... LOL!!!! The moment you said this I lost it laughing xD That's just like what I hear going around at work .. here and there someone always says "Hey, you dropped your pocket ..." ... and I lose it laughing because whoever they say it to stops and looks. LOL!!!

I have West African English students who speak with a Glaswegian accent and know various phrases....as well as proper English of course.

We used Dobber in primary to reffer to anyone who told a teacher about bad behaviour. We would say "I'll dob you in" and then the person Dobing or telling was the Dobber. Never meant poor or penis. This was Isle of Arran. Billy was only ever used in a sectarian way although shouting no or nah mates did go on in high school.

That was was pure magic hen.

10:19 - Dookin' for apples!!! We did that on Halloween in Edinburgh. Big tub of water with apples floating. You stick your head in and try and grab an apple with your teeth. Oh... you just explained that, exactly the same. LOL! The fork in the mouth was to "speed things up" because the bairns would take forever. There was another version as well, with pancakes on a string that you had to catch as people swung them back and forth. That may not technically be "dookin' " though. 15:55 - Jag --- aeeehhhh!!! I hated that word. That brings back way too many memories. In the US, it's a "shot". 16:38 - Jotter. That also brings back memories from P1. The association with Jotter (for me was) HB Pencil, sharpener, rubber, ruler, wooden box with the slidedoor to hold all the pencils, etc). I also remember having to "wrap" all my books. I don't think we had to wrap the jotter. ERIN! If you're right handed, do you have the "bump" on the inside of your middle-finger, which is a callus from holding pencils?? 17:03 - Playpiece. I just remember "Piece" or "Jammy Piece". I also remember we had milk (glass bottles with the tin foil on top). If it was silver foil then it didn't have the cream on top. If it was gold, it had cream on top. One day, we all brought in our milk bottles with the cream on top; the teacher sucked the cream out with a straw; then she made butter with it.... We then spread it on bread. LOL! I'm sure this violated several health policies, but we survived. 18:00 - With tig, there was also the "Eenie meenie miney money, catch a .... by the toe..." But... let's try and forget this song!

At my school (in the east end of Glasgow) we had a lot of these, but not tottywot. It was Nigel nae pals for us, shortened with no L sometimes which doesn't look right to type out hah. Dooking definitely gets used in other parts of Scotland, look up the Loony Dook. Playpiece was used a bit, more by adults I think, we usually said tuck. Did your school go through a phase of people saying "cherry / sherry baws"? I remember it happening all at once and not lasting long but it ended up being mooshed into more like "shybaw" and they'd wrinkle their nose and scratch their eyebrow. Meant something like aye right or what are you on about.

I recall "ya half chewed arabian sand shoe" i also remember getting a class photo was like a military operation at a school haha!

Pimps= super easy in my day too .

A lot of interesting words, heard a few but a lot were new for me :-)

All that keech. You're so lucky! Ha ha ha

Love your videos ❤️

Erin: In America its:“Dunking For Apples!” Or 2nd Most Common: “Ducking For Apples!” By the way- I have a strange public animal related bird poop attraction - ONLY IN ANIMAL RELATED CIRCUMSTANCES- (LIKE A ZOO OR A CIRCUS OR AN AQUARIUM OR WHEN HIKING OR CAMPING IN A FOREST OR WHEN I AM WAY OUT IN NATURE!) So I also get pooped upon by birds with dead sure aim such that I get covered & in need of a total change of clothes including socks, shoes, hat, bag, etc. These birds’s poops were FOUL/FOWL- (smelling)!! Total Jokes Intended! Have Fun Outdoors Anyway! I do! Geti

Thanks for the lesson. Like the background music. Would the following be proper phraseology: Have you ever been pruned by a dobber?

Love you Erin, always make me smile. Cheers from Canada

This was very interesting! Learned some new Scottish words! It's fascinating how people use different words and how certain words belong to a particular age/ times in our lives. We did use the word blether though where I grew up and daft but not daftie. And since you asked, the game was called, 'tag' or 'who's it.' But omg the birds! Hope they don't find you again🤞! But, yeah, same thing happened at my school with some of the kids and the birds. What would high school be without having to dodge bird poop! 🙃😅 And the seagulls were by far the worst! Also, agree with you about bobbin for apples and the germs. Couldn't do to it, wouldn't do it. Great video, enjoyed it and thanks for sharing Erin!

Erin's worst movie date: The Birds

Och aye the noo !❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The phrase I remember most is "Pure Dead Brilliant" from Rab C Nesbitt

I haven't heard the 1st one at least not in that context n prune up here is like eejit dummy we say the rest. Did yous have to cover ur jotter? Auld wallpaper or wrapping paper lol

Erin, I understand when you have aa word or words that can scar you throughout childhood or life, as I've had a couple of words that still bother me to this day. The worst one which began when I was in 6th grade. My teacher, Mrs. Clark would bring in a scale to the classroom every Tuesday morning, and had me stand on it, because I was heavy. She would then announce to the class what my weight was. Soon all the kids in my class would call me "Balloon-ox". They would chase me around the schoolyard yelling this to me, or in the cafeteria, P.E., or wherever someone saw me walking. That word followed me from 6th grade through my senior year of high school. I know why Mrs. Clark did that but she never realized kids in school terrorizing me by yelling "Hey, balloon-ox".

Still use it 💪

Dobber was used everywhere in school now it’s s crying shame this glorious word is not used in more instances. There’s nothing more gratifying than finishing your argument with “ shut it ya pure dobber “ there’s no real comeback 😂

Love your accent

You are too awesome.

with pure I think everyone has at least once said ''thats pure gold'' to something rlly funny so I'm sure most people will get that one? English isn't my first language so Im not sure where I got it from though

Birds 🦅 marking their territory lmao

Americans use to use "pure" a lot; as in "pure bullsh:t," "pure class," or "pure nonsense." "Dookin'" sounds like "dunkin'" in America; like Dunkin' Donuts. We still use dunk a lot, to mean dip into or push under liquid; such as dunking donuts in coffee. I even heard a few saying "taking a dunk" to mean to go swimming.

Omg i forgot about the work pimps but i would spell it pimse for some reasons lol need to ask my friends and family if they mind that word. And we called it play piece aswell lol

you are to young to remember " the tawse, or the lochgelly other names for the thing that struck terror into school chidren ..the belt used by teachers to punish children, didnot scarred you for life but it left your palms tingling for a few hours

i enjoyed ever min of this vlog,120% ))

“Here, yi wantae nip ma pal?” Cringe 🤮 lol Great wee vid. 😊

omg pimps 😵the memories...

King of the hill.. a show here in America..the main character says something close to “tottywhat” he says “I tell ya what”..lol you’re welcome! Say it fast..lol

Why do I always picture a big hairy scrot whenever I hear " bawbag"? 😂

Love these videos so much ❤❤ can't remember if I've asked it before, but did you know they wrote the first Harry Potter book in Scots? I bought it, I love it but can't understand half😅

such great videos!

"Dookin" was a revelation for me. Now I understand (probably) why the sweets shop in Harry Potter is called Honeydukes.

I didn't get that either,how can being shit on by a Bird,be lucky.

chortle - nae luck wi' the birds

Toley

Greetings to you. Ma'am. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌹

Omg I get the SAME feeling about apple bobbing omg, I would never do it-

I learned tae speak Scottish from the Broons.

There's a rapper called Tottywat

Who else has a cow lick/coo’s lick and hates the bloody thing!

That was pure mental 😂

HI, nice to meet you, i want emigrant to scotland , Edinburgh and Dundee which one better?

We played (Freeze Tag) or (Stuck in the mud) which is Tag.

I think dobber for penis might come from the gardening tool known as a dibber - if you google it you'll see it looks phallic.

Love it :) takes me back lol, born in Edinburgh n brought up in Kilmarnock, back living in Edinburgh now n ppl are always asking bout my accent as its mixed between East n west side now lol even been asked if I was from America lol, P. S here's a thing make a vid of Urr shoes n sexy feet lol xx

Have you been to see a psychologist about you been traumatised by getting Keech on head/elsewhere? ;-) What was odd(to me) was you said keech means poop. Do we (British) use poop? It sounds so American to me. Beemer is used up in NE England too. Dobber in NE means someone who tells on someone I.e. you dobbed on me. But as you say, you never know who uses these words and how.

Hahaha! Birds have it in for you!

I absolutely love hearing the slang terms. I am trying to think of the slang terms used in Georgia (US) and on Long Island ( NY, US). In Georgia if someone said they were pissed, they were very mad. On Long Island, being a pisser was a positive comment. You are a real pisser! (You're a lot of fun) It is also thought of a omen of good luck if a bird shat on you in American Jewish culture. At least that is what my gram said to me once. Thanks for the great vlog!💙

What's the Scottish word for truancy from school (I've forgotten) ?

Omg "dookin" the way you pronounce it sounds so much like the Dutch word for diving, "duiken"

Oh ye, i do say 'daft' n 'dafty'

Jaggy nettles.

I got shat on before a job interview it definitely broke the ice and must have been lucky as I got the job. (Over 6 years ago) haha :)

In our schools it was more "taught you what" when really fast it sounds like "totywat" i.e. in West Renfrewshire 😁

At my school we used the word Tod instead of billy. If you were alone you were “on yer tod”

thank ye whoever edited this for editin in that sentence aye a birds bum.

Missed out budgied ;)

Jaggy nettles, 😂

I love your Glasgowian accent. Can you try Ediburgh accent?

Pipsqueak: a person considered to be insignificant, especially because they are small or young. Dooking in most of the English speaking world is pronounce as dunking, but in the USA people say bobbing for apples. OK I looked up DOBBER and it has lots of meanings. DOBBER: a float to a fishing line. DOBBER in Cambridge dictionary: a person who secretly tells someone in authority that someone else has done something wrong. Wikipedia has: Dobber may refer to: People Andrzej Dobber (born 1961), Polish operatic singer (baritone) Rini Dobber (born 1943), Dutch Olympic swimmer Bob Lanier (basketball), (born 1948), nicknamed "The Dobber", an American professional basketball player Other uses Mud dobber, a wasp that builds its nest from mud Dobber (merchandise), shirts, jeans, and license plates associated with Glenn Dobbs Philip "Dobber" Dobson, a character on the British ITV show Coronation Street A size of marble See also Dob (disambiguation) Dobbert, a large ball bearing Then there is DOBBER HOCKEY as connected to the sport of Hockey. dobber(Noun) A tool used to play Bingo; a dauber. dobber(Noun) A member of the working class in Scotland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills. Closely related to the English chav. dobber(Noun) One who dobs (informs against or implicates to authority). Nicky is such a dobber, she told the teacher that I hit Karen in the playground. dobber(Noun) Any small electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system in fencing or a USB mass storage device. dobber(Noun) A large marble. dobber(Noun) A float (as used by an angler). dobber(Noun) A dabchick. The word DOBBER has plenty of meanings. PLaypiece? When I went too school we just said snack or lunch. No fancy words. Great video as always Billy. 🤣

Jelly piece...jam sandwich.

Who's the crazy who disliked this? Get lost dummy. This video was super!

Dobber in Oz means Tattletale. Play-lunch or Little-lunch. Another one, kiss = Pash

We never used prune but we used VL (virgin lips eww haha) so you were a VL then you got a winch and you broke your VL 😂

Pimps Haha mind eh that 😅

Do u know who is Hrafna

Thtad obviously Glasgow talk.

Needs more singing!!!

Weird... I've been shat on by a gigantic ara in a sailors shop... by gulls ofc, by thrashes dive bombing me, geese and by a bird of prey when I was taking my girlfriend home for a quick ehh lunch... obv there was no ehh lunch only a long de-shitting shower. Alone. Birds hate me... they oogle me in the most sinister way and make strange hateful sounds at me - even other ppls pet birds. The only good bird is a fried one... perhaps we should start a country club style society for ppl with this... problem? Also done the leaning on the grass thing at sports day... and it was a huuuuge dog I can tell you...

Do you know why you say touch wood?

We did (Bobbin for Apples)

Tottywhat=told you what

I say pure and dead all time time I say heavy too. Like oh that was heavy good or heavy shite. I'm from Glasgow so I defo would've said nip as a teen. I would've never said prune but we would say someone was a VL or Virgin Lips if you've never been kissed. I'd say riddy over beamer. I never got the BCG thank god. I heard that it was so painful. Jotter, I forgot that word for a second. I say playpiece but I haven't used that word in donkeys.

If it was lucky it wouldn't keep happening

Dobber in English is a tattle tale, you dob someone in to the teacher, a clipe