Scottish Words Illustrated | 24 Years of Scottish Words illustrated. (original) (raw)

Home of Scottish Words Illustrated.

The Scottish Language is full of attitude, great on the ear, emotive, and the words are not too far from English which makes them globally accessible. I hear and speak Scots every day. Perfect for me to illustrate and translate. See the latest Word here.

Stooryduster Scottish Language Glossary.

I’ve added an A-Z glossary of Scottish words with well over a thousand linked to contextual illustrations. You can browse through the Scots Language A-Z glossary pages here.

A poster of a selection of Scottish words (Hooch: loud exclamation, choller: wattle on a cockerel, Bonxie: an aggressive sea-bird, Mumpin: complaining, pauchle: small, birk: birch tree or wood, hungert: hungry, otherwyse: otherwise, toorie: bobble on a hat; and also features some Scottish bakery goods: clootie dumpling, pancakes, Abernethy biscuits, tattie scones, Selkirk Bannock.) with detailed colour illustrations that explain them and put them in context.

Scottish Words poster including illustrations.

Have fun exploring Stooryduster’s Scottish Word illustrations and see if my work makes you smile – it should. There is also help with pronunciation for many of the words. ‘Gie yer freens a gas*’ and let them know about Stooryduster.

An illustrated dictionary?

Stooryduster is close to a comprehensive illustrated Scottish dictionary – if I don’t die too soon it might indeed get there.

Twitter and Mastodon.

I’m on Mastodon.Scot here for those that are interested.

Buy the Tshirt.

Link to T shirts and stuff for sale.Scottish Words’ T-shirts and stuff are available. Three Scots word’s mugs and one or two T-shirts at RedBubble, but I will slowly add more stuff. I make them for me really. But if you’re feeling kindly and want to show a wee bit of appreciation, you can buy me a ‘coffee’ here on Ko-fi. Only one word a week – illustrated and defined – that’s all I can afford (typical Scotsman).

Phonetic guide to pronunciation.

guidance to phonetic word pronunciations here. See how the phonetic alphabet works – this link opens a page which gives you guidance on the way each letter in the phonetic alphabet represents a particular sound. This guidance is available as a pop up window when you click on any phonetic image of a Scottish word on most of this site. It will give you some clue as to how you should be pronouncing the words.

Why start the Scottish Words site.

Scottish Words Illustrated was my reaction to the erosion of language through the lazy one size fits all generic American spelled ‘International’ English that came with computers back in the day and its spread throughout the world. Scottish Words were my response – one a week. More on How and Why here.

Illustration Friday. View the thumbnail links to all the weekly word entries for illustration Friday where I interpreted a word set by the owners of the IF web site.

For those that noticed that the illustrations stop for a while in September 2012.

During 2012 I became ill and the most serious symptom and the thing that prompted me to get help was that I stopped drawing or being creative in any way.

Depression is a first world problem but nevertheless it is real, misery inducing and debilitating. The good news is that I have recovered enough to update the site again regularly.

Translation:

*Gie yer freens a gas: give your friends so much enjoyment they’re gasping for breath.

This Scottish words site is accurate but leans towards enjoyment. If you want definitions that take themselves very seriously please consult the relevant dictionaries, lexicons, or grannies.
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