M is for Manky

"Manky"

Pronounciation : mang-key

Definition : Unclean person or unclean act, disgusting. 

Pure mankiness is commonly observed in the hallways of a middle school, where broods of little people slide their sweaty digits across various bacteria-infested surfaces such as the gym-change room lockers, toilet bowls and door knobs.

Usage: Ye need te clean yer shitty toilet - it's manky mess!

Translation :  They once made a "Chuck Norris" brand toilet paper, but it wouldn't take shit from anybody. 

The Mull of Kintyre is the south western most tip of the Kintyre Peninsula in southwest Scotland. From here, the Antrim coast is visible and a historic lighthouse, the second commissioned in Scotland, guides shipping in the intervening North Channel.  So gorgeous even Paul McCartney sung about it.

Mull of Kintyre

Introducing Manky Records.

L is for Loch Ness

"Lug"

Pronounced : lugg

Meaning : n. an ear, the organ that detects sound.

Usage :  Ye wee rascal, c'mere so your mirra kin gie ye a skelpit lug.

Translation: Tired of domestic violence? Go out with a Liverpool player, they never beat anyone.

Origin : Lug has been recorded with the meaning 'ear' since the fifteenth century, and one of the earliest examples is found in the name or nickname of 'Michael blaklug' in the Burgh records of Aberdeen.

One of the best known places in Scotland, Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 m above sea level.  Loch Ness is best known for the sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie".

Lock Ness

K is for Keech

Happy Friday everyone! Today's K-word is:

"Keech"

Pronounced:  kee-CH


Definition:  The Scottish version of excrement, deification or better know as The Jobby or The Shite.  Also, the Scottish version of "bullshit".

Usage : I've often been accused of vulgarity - I think that's a bunch 'o keech.

Translation:  The definition of surprise - a fart with a lump in it.  A kart.

My pretty wee toon of Kilmarnock is my choice of Scottish town for this letter of the alphabet.  Surprise! Surprise!

My Big Sister and I

Kilmarnock is my wee home town. Killie is a burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 44,734, making it the 14th most populated place in Scotland.  It is also the second largest town in Ayrshire, where they brew the smooth Johnny Walker Whisky.

Go Killie!

Kilmarnock.  Pissin o' rain as usual....

And of course I couldn't make this post without sharing some of Killies best goals!

J is for Jeely Piece

And so, the A to Z Blog Challenge continues...  You can go see my "10 Things that are a Dead Giveaway you're Scottish" vlog  HERE, where I blether on about Scottish stereotypes and other useless drivel.
  

You can also go and visit a few other bloggers that have signed up for this year's blog challenge HERE.  

Go pop in and remember to leave comments - that is what the challenge is all about, after all.

Today's installment for the letter J.

 "Jeely Piece"

Pronounced: jee-lee pees

Definition: The Scottish version of a jam sandwich.

Usage: Oh ye cannae fling yer jeelie piece oot a twenty storey flat.

Translation: Get me a crocodile and jam sandwich, and make it snappy!

Origin : Who gives a fekkin' rats arse? It tastes sooooo good.

The pretty wee Scottish market town of Jedburgh or as the Scots call it : Jeddart or Jethart, is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.  

Home to the beautiful 12th century Augustinian Abbey.

Jedburgh

And here is the Jeely Piece song.  Happy Thursday, Plonkers...

Och Aye....I mean, A

So my lovely Plonkers, today the 2013 A to Z Blog Challenge begins!  How exciting is this.  A much-anticipated event and bigger blog hope in Bloggerville.

Just a wee reminder on how it all works : One blog post daily for each letter of the alphabet during the month of April 2013, starting with the letter A.

The theme of my A to Z Blog Challenge for 2013 is “All Things Scots”.

I will be introducing you to Scottish slang words and phrases as well as Scottish traditions and beautiful places of one of the most gorgeous places under the sun.

By the end of the challenge you should have a good understanding of the Scots dialect and I may even include some daft video tutorials, aren’t you lucky fekkin bastids?

First word and one of the most often used Scottish words....

“Aye”  

Pronounced:  eye

Definition:  adverb exclamation used to give an affirmative response.  Scottish way of saying yes.

Usage:  Ya awright there Jimmy?  Aye Ah'm fine.  how's yersel?

Translation:  Good morning my dearest James and I trust that you are doing well.
Yes, I am excellent. Dare, may I ask, how are you?

Origin: Old English ā; compare Latin aevum an age, Greek aion aeon, aiei ever, always.

And now on to the Gorgeous Scottish town or city beginning with the letter A

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 29th most populous city, with an official population estimate of 220,420. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which can sparkle like silver due to their high mica contents.  The city has a beautiful long, sandy coastline

Aberdeen