Scotlands Best Words (Top 10 Scottish Words)

[@JessicaJones-jt4jl]

I'm an Aussie. Can confirm about the C word. We get you 🖤 Have started watching your channel as I recently received my DNA results and found out I have strong Orkney & Shetland heritage. I'm adopted and always knew my biological mum was Scottish, but now that I know more about which region, I'm really interested in learning Scots. Thanks for putting up these videos. It's giving me a small connection to my ancestry and I really appreciate it :)

[@chuckmoore8668]

We actually still use some of these words in Appalachia! God bless our Scottish ancestors!!

[@wolfinthewoods1400]

True story... we've kept so much of the original language in our own (we use words that aren't even used in Scottland anymore). Most people outside of our area have no idea what we are saying half the time. Our "bluegrass music" and "banjo music" are all re-interperatations of Scottish bagpipe music. And nobody.... NOBODY... takes liberties with contractions like an Appalachian Scott. "Y'all need'a treck up yonder way a spell 'fore headin' up the holler'."

[@wolfinthewoods1400]

P.S. You just might be the cutest thing ever.

[@brykit1972]

Idjit, if I'm not mistaken.

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

Disturbing language you say....[makes tea, puts on quality headphones, turns up volume] ok , offend away.

[@robinsdoggieworld5153]

Jack & Victor taught me quite a few lovely words such as bawbag or eejit... lol

[@Matthew-uc7he]

We use idjit here in the southern US.

[@erichbrough6097]

I can vouch for that - heard it all my life.

[@MAINER4779]

But in Scotland, it's eejit, not idjit. Different pronunciation. Idjit came from the Scottish word eejit.

[@Matthew-uc7he]

They both mean idiot. That was the point.

[@allencampbell9719]

It's funny sometimes to find out where some of the American words originated from. "Eejit" in America is spelled "Igit". Both "i"s and the "g" sound the same as the "i" and "j" used in "eejit". Its mainly used in the southern states and means the same thing.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

In the Ren & Stimpy cartoon they spelt it 'Eejit' so I suspect not everybody in the US spells it 'igit'.

[@captainaverage721]

Probably because most Scots emigrated to the southern states therefore the word eejit most prevalent because of the high number of Scots emigrants?? Ever wondered where the saltire confederate flag originates from.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@gregbrown9138]

Hello WeeScottishLass, love your Vblog makes me laugh all the time. Here in Toronto, Canada we use eejit a lot as well, but we put "daft" in front it like "he's a daft eejit". Here are some of my Scottish words that I like. (1.)daft/dafty = foolish, mad (2.)Dense = thick heided. (3.)Skint = no money ,penniless. "I wanted to take the cab ,but I'm skint today."(4.)Scoffed = steal. "they scoffed the lot and naebody said anything." Keep up the good work Mosco!!

[@douglasfrompa593]

Oh, mosco. You are looking great today. Thanks for the words, good info. I do enjoy our shared language.

[@southernshenanigans3069]

Though I don't like hearing the coarse language, nor do I speak it, I do find it helpful to understand the culture that I want to come visit. So thank you.

[@marrystar7540]

When she said no bother to the c word I was like, “MOM CAN WE MOVE TO SCOTLAND?!?”

[@amberhiggins6327]

True, Eejit is used in Ireland as well as Scotland.

[@bearnunnemaker5453]

Idgit here in the US means someone stupid. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🐻🐻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@amberhiggins6327]

@@bearnunnemaker5453 the same as idiot.

[@gate7clamp]

Love this channel just cause the fowl language that’s how I’m learning word before my trip to Britain 🇬🇧 next year

[@FrozenWillow1980]

Hope you are coming to visit Scotland too? Don't just stay in Britain. I mean aye they have the Queen and a big city of London, but if you want some peace and quiet, beautiful scenery, come and visit Scotland :) You also have Wales and Ireland surrounding.

[@gate7clamp]

Frozen Willow Ireland definitely I want to go see father Ted’s house

[@lynnyoung1555]

Aye mon tae Scotland we,ll put the kettle oan fir ye

[@gate7clamp]

Lynn Young nice!!! Thanks we’ll save you some blue crab in Maryland for ya

[@bencameron539]

U misspelled Scotland

[@DanaWebster1]

First, let me just say you look amazing! Second, I clearly need to either move to Scotland or Ireland so my language fits in with the public better. Thanks for teaching me these words and I will start using them in my conversations daily. And I'm an American so that should confuse the heck out of my co-workers. Hopefully none of them have been to Scotland. ;-)

[@FrozenWillow1980]

Do it, I dare you. Listen to this as well :) One of our popular shows over here just recently closed down :( We still have the copies on youtube though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4bFhmh6gbt-gKc

[@gregoryallan3137]

Frozen Willow FUD Is a great one word put-down. It is generally used to describe someone as a fanny (minge). I think the best time I’ve heard it used is when someone gives a long impassioned speech and then you just sigh at the end FUD

[@FrozenWillow1980]

@@gregoryallan3137 Aye. A use it a lot in ma vocabulary. Rocket is another one. In a sentence Bolt ya rocket. (go away you chancer) None of our terms have any effect really in English. It's more vehement when said in Scots :) Here is the big yin talking about a word we love in Scotland LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIG6h6RsgtyKaqc

[@gate7clamp]

Tallywasher ha ha I’m definitely gonna use that at work tomorrow

[@mountainneko]

Hmmm...and we always say tallywhacker. . .

[@markgiltner7358]

Lmao Is it the boss lady your going to say it to. Let me know how that works out lol

[@leemcgann6470]

Sir Billy Ritchie me too!

[@leemcgann6470]

mountainneko tallywacker is often used the same as Willy or wanker

[@janajeffsilvernickelladventure]

You speak the way you want to. Love the channel.

[@allantheoldgameronthemount4277]

Eejit is used in the Southern Appalachia region of the US, except it kind of evolved into idjit. I'm sure there are other similarities here since we are often hear about Scots-Irish heritage in this area. We also have highland games here as well. In fact it is said that many of the Scots and Irish settled here because it looked somewhat similar to Scotland and Ireland.

[@rogerross_fl]

one of the best positive descriptions of popular words you've done that I've seen!

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

I’ve heard all These Scottish words but it’s the way you explain them that’s pure halarious

[@theelectrichobo829]

Scunnered.... absolutely love that word...moving to Dumbarton soon from the west Midlands...can't wait to get out of England.

[@jnbg61584]

In America, I’ve heard of Baltic, minge, and eejit. I think skud too. We use eejit, usually in the south eastern states. We usually spell it idgit or idjit and mostly pronounce the “d” and can be a 2 syllable word

[@jaspr1999]

Very cool to know! I did have to laugh at 'eget' or however, you spelled it as it means the same here in Texas. As in, "I'm an ijet for letting the water boil out." Danglybag is, I think, just part of South Texas for bawsack.

[@DracosDiabolis]

I think "ijet" is just a southern thing, lol, like "Stop bein' a ejit!" lol, im from Tennessee.

[@paulramsey5695]

@@DracosDiabolis you would be correct im in east tn and use that word almost daily lol

[@tinabean713]

What part of South Texas? I have never heard someone say danglybag!

[@jaspr1999]

@@tinabean713 Just north of Corpus (a town called Beeville).

[@tinabean713]

@@jaspr1999 Oh, I've heard of Beeville! That is far south.

[@EL_PHARAOH212.]

I would love to go to Scottland I love the Language and the Keltich stuff and the Language is super Nice

[@reynaldorivera7641]

I knew most of these, but hearing them said properly and by a hot redhead made it better lol. I really need to start traveling again

[@RatBasterd]

OK, who else learned eijit from Yosemite Sam cartoons as a kid? And Mosco, if you're a fan of dreich weather (as I am), you'd love San Francisco. Hell you'd love SF anyway! Definitely check it out some time.

[@amygreen4408]

Verra good point!

[@aqacefan]

When you offered up the variant pronunciation of tattie a very different word came to mind. Namely totty. 😉 wrt fanny, I presume you've seen the IrnBru commercial with the new parents? And it must have been pretty hilarious to you the first time you heard Groundskeeper Willie 🤣 As for my favorite Scots word, it's got to be quaich 😁

[@nunyubiznezz]

If anyone calls me a c#nt, I always say, "Thank You! I am what I eat!"

[@gregoryallan3137]

Nunyu Biznezz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057]

My favorite Scottish word is haggis as I always use it when insulting people who I hate by saying landlubber haggis, and plus haggis is delicious food and also as a big highlander fan in the first movie when Conner McLeod meets ramarez he called him a haggis, so that's the reason why I use the word haggis when insulting people who I don't like.

[@marissaseagal4964]

I'm an Aussie and I absolutely agree with the C word statements and yes we use fanny to name a girls lady bits but we also say doodle for a boys appendage lol. I will use twat a lot or twatwaffle..... it's easy to scream out of the window at dickhead drivers!! Or we also use wank stain..... that's mostly directed at men though.... Lol. Minge here is a cringe word for a vagina. Not many use it unless they're classless moles. I love that you're not scared to swear on your channel. It makes you far more relatable as a human. Hope to visit Scotland one day and see all my ancestors history and current castle tours. Would be amazing and a life long bucket list entry to cross off.

[@mikeconner3684]

Never heard tallywasher before. Tallywhacker means penis in Tennessee but I can see them being the same thing. Idjit is common here too.

[@mikegilgan7226]

About the comparison between eejit and baka is close but slightly off, depends where you are in Japan. Baka has a more aggressive brother "Aho", but in some parts of Japan aho is playfully used and baka is more aggressive

[@chrisborlandssecretyoutube1683]

ok new challenge: going to use all these works in my master thesis

[@devilman2465]

My favourite is Numpty.

[@rodl.miller3353]

Fanny or Fannie when I was growing up in the 70's had reference to two Women. There was a comedic actress that did comedy skits on Candid Camera named Fannie Flag. She became famous also for a book she wrote about growing up in the Southern United States called Fried Green Tomatoes. It was also turned into a movie that starred Julia Roberts. The first recognized all female rock group that played all their own instruments and wrote most of their songs was a group called FANNY. One of the first tours they went on was as the opening act for David Bowie.

[@KimberlyGreen]

Fannie Flagg (two 'g's). And in a bit of interesting possible predestination ... she is a lesbian. You can also see her on many episodes of the old TV game Show Match Game. If you want to see those episodes, I recommend this channel: kzbin.info/door/3kppDwVz5BwzytIZlPUhUw

[@Cheezsoup]

In Britain Fanny Craddock was one of (if not the) original TV cooks. Her husband Johnie was a bit of a sidekick/butt of her jokes, once he said " I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's" much to the hilarity of all.(Various sources have various people saying it, may well have been the following item/programme ).

[@johnnabuzby6103]

I'm pretty sure Julia Roberts was in Steel Magnolias, not Fried Green Tomatoes. ✌✌

[@JEMCochran49]

When I lived in Scotland for a year, I loved canne and couldne. Also, I just thought of vera for very.

[@lannapeanut]

Wheesht, haverin' and peely-wally are a few of my favourites. Also, more a term than a word, but I love how the living room light is always the "big light" (or is that just a Glasgow thing?).

[@gregoryallan3137]

lannapeanut My friend is from the Lake District and she says big light to describe the ceiling light.

[@z10ts]

What's the story behind the name "Mosco"?

[@gregoryallan3137]

Loch and Bach are the same sound. No one says JohannSebastian Bak. People tell me they hate to the C-word and then ask me what count-ry I’m from. I think it’s really more context and intention we don’t like rather than the words themselves. My favourite put-down is FUD.

[@nessie8014]

Loch is my all time favorite word

[@hezziattubeyou]

Gotta love saying Auchtermuchty . One of my favourite words is haar.

[@PaulBasso]

Tammy, as usual a well thought out vlog by my most favorite lass. Very informative and funny. One word though, "driech" (I think I spelled that one right). I've heard some friends of mine use "fliuch" instead. When I asked them what that meant they said it was a wet and overcast day. Have you ever heard that word before? I don't know if it's common, but it's what a couple of friends say when we have our lousy weather. Until next time, I look forward to all of your broadcasts. As always, hugs and kisses. Your Oregon Scotty lad, Paul

[@acgvlogs5764]

When you put Yin on the screen a the beginning, what does that mean? Never heard that one before!

[@Cheezsoup]

Yin = One

[@billpratt2948]

Tallywasher is now my favorite insult

[@sassafrasandlemons1634]

My grandmother, whose own grandmother was born in Ireland used to say Eejit...alot lol.

[@W33ROSER]

Tryna say Dreich is like saying drei then clearing a lung 😂

[@jobless89]

Hahaha brilliant

[@W33ROSER]

Wullie Mcbride why thank you lol

[@jobless89]

I haven't had a lung fae I was about 13 i wid die

[@Whatlander]

Every time someone explains "ch" as a difficult sound to native English speakers, a Jewish person stares deadpan into the camera like on The Office.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

The Jewish person says "Hold my beer".

[@michelleflood8220]

I’ve used dreich but it was to a Scottish friend of mine in Aberdeen

[@marlowemarlowe5401]

😊 I cant understand a word your saying but sweet gentle jesus you are beautiful. Thank you!

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

Seriously?

[@jobless89]

Glad u don't understand us ya creepy wee bastard

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

Congrats to Shaun for reaching his dream number of 100,000! Almost burnt his beard off with those candles 😆

[@emmacatherine3470]

Where I’m from we say glasgae and we also say chilli boltic

[@una_10bananas]

We say baltic in Ireland too for freezing

[@mcgee227]

In the Southeast of America some people use Eejit.

[@TheMisterFerg]

Skud has more than one meaning too though, "It missed me by a bawhair but it skudded Isa square in the fanny"

[@jimmyjabbers259]

Only just discovered your channel through suggestions while watching Shaun. Really enjoying it! Great stuff! Where are you from in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lilskie2010]

I just subscribed I just found out I'm a descendant of the Burnett clan not sure which one yet but I'm fully immersing myself in Scottish culture...

[@colincavender9477]

Love the video, keep up the new diet T. You look great.

[@jameseaton264]

great vid and you are looking great

[@EMP1264-c1j]

the fine rain from a dreich day is called.. Smirr / Smur

[@robb15033]

Eejit* is common here in our house and I never gave a thought to where it originated!

[@Sezenian]

I *LOVE* it when Scottish people say "About" in a thick accent.. Dono why

[@jan_kisan]

afftir wotchin a few vedeos like tha' i'm riidin comments in me ohn Scottisheyzd aaksen')) mekst weth Russian i gess

[@jonconwell3884]

My fave word or name right now is Mosco.

[@swrxs]

You use ball hair as a measurement. Here in the States (at least on the east coast) we say "C" word Hair. More often used in machinery industries then it is in others, for the fraction of an inch (read: cm) that it is.

[@Meeckle]

Tattie scones in the toaster is grand, easiest quickest way to heat

[@TheLonesomeBricoleur]

'Claggy' Densely sticky. As in, "My great-grandmother always made really soft scones, but never so sad they might get claggy."

[@breathestrongcycling3672]

Nice attempt at auto generated english captions KZbin, but you stood no chance 😆...

[@susancunningham1451]

I must say you sound exactly like the girl who does all the vocal coach videos. Look like her too. Love you either way!

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

You taught me “ ‘‘twas a braw bricht moonlit nicht the nicht” LoL 😂 you also taught me to insult people in Scottish lol 😂 my favorite is “lavvy heid” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dunc71]

Moonlicht!

[@keithschuebel1653]

We say Eejit here in the US too, but we spell it Iget. it means the same, it comes from the south where a lot of Scottish people moved to and became our Hillbillies

[@erinlefevre1]

I LOVE how you say my name! It sounds so pretty.

[@erichbrough6097]

Even when she says rough things, they sound gorgeous!

[@DaveInBridport]

My mum was Scottish (from Morayshire) and there's a different variety there. A loon is a young man. A quine is a young girl. D'ye ken means do you know.

[@supersnow17]

So how does it feel to know one of the most popular Scottish people in video games is a man with only one eye who drinks and is drunk constantly? Also your hair is just the most beautiful shade of red, love it.

[@Adrian-vr4mj]

Content request: there are a couple of websites like Britannia.org that have long lists of Scottish words. I strongly suspect some of them are current and some words, like thrawn and thule, are great words but probably 200 years out of date. Please review. Thanks.

[@gate7clamp]

I just learned the Irish word freck “feck arse” thank you father ted

[@dickpotter6108]

I like the words drawers & aff, what do words mean.

[@briancampbell3038]

Dick Pooler get your underwear off or aff

[@davidaitchison1455]

Hey ... steady on Lass. Don't be dissing people from Fife!

[@martincunningham4645]

David Aitchison def a to totie 👍

[@BjornWithASlash]

my family in ireland uses cunt pretty heavily, idk about the rest of the country tho. I live in america and I think cunt is probably my number one used word

[@derekreid8370]

a love the word joby hahaha (a need a joby,ure fula joby, dont talk joby )hahaha thats ma favourite x

[@lazyperfectionist1]

12:28 😳 Is your "Lad o' the Week" related to Kylo Ren?

[@LoisIsATimeLord]

We actually have a local bar called Fanny by Gaslight 😂 only in Kilmarnock

[@makinamaster7189]

Here's a belter for when you need a number 2. "Oof boys am off choking for a tollie banger"

[@azoguero]

Santa Madonna! So I am a foreigner, half these appellations I do no know. I go to inverclidense with an interpreter who tells me what people are saying.

[@Deschain-um7jz]

American here. Some of us use “Cunthair” or “Blonde Cunthair” to measure a very short distance.

[@dumoktheartist]

I’m a fan of the profanity! Keep it up!

[@evangordon2653]

There is no such thing as a bad word. If they are good enough for sailors they are good enough for me. I am actually Scottish (as my last name implies) although i was not born there (wish i had been). Needless to say i now have a few more words to add to my vocabulary that no one else but me will know ( I live in America and very few people know these slang terms)

[@gate7clamp]

I swimmed in the Baltic when I was in Sweden 🇸🇪 cold 🥶 as F

[@colinp2238]

You swam in the Baltic? Did the jelly fish get you?

[@WeeScottishLass]

The real question... did you swim in the skud? ;D

[@gate7clamp]

WeeScottishLass uh no comment 😝

[@gate7clamp]

colin Paterson no fortunately

[@teufeldritch]

In tha skud wit a stonner.

[@anrach579]

Due to the fact that I watch a lot of British/Irish KZbinrs, "cunt" has really stopped being so harsh for me, but I cuss like a sailor, so I used it way before I became desensitized to it. Question, I'm sure you explained it in one of your earlier videos, and I know I'm gonna spell it completely wrong, but I'm just curious what exactly "haste ya back" means. Does it mean hurry back? That's what I've been interpreting it to mean since I started watching your videos.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

Please add closed captions

[@TheJohno95]

Great video, Tammy! Thanks for tallywasher! I'm going to have to start using that one. I've gotten bad about saying "cunt", so I'm probably going to get killed for that one. Tallywasher should be a fun change. You're looking great, by the way! The scones obviously aren't hurting you! Have an awesome week!

[@TheBedouinrose]

Eejit is commonly used in the southeast region of the USA...lots of Scots came here!

[@sybariticcupboardrat3763]

Grandma gets mad if there's not enough leftover mashed potatoes to make potato pancakes the next day. I'm gonna have to tell her she should be calling them tattie scones.

[@wayneessar7489]

Bell jam?

[@lazyperfectionist1]

I just found out that, in the US, we _actually_ have a professional football player named "Gurlyman." So imagine if, at some point, there's some unfortunate soul related to him named, "Fanny Gurlyman."

[@raymonddowd3245]

I had a auntie Frances we called her auntie fanny. Her daughter went to school at Cambridge and when she came home she explained to her mom what her name did mean..... She didn't give a shit.

[@0u812343]

My great great grandparents are from isle of sky

[@tambranicolekendall9288]

Waving hello from Texas! I do like Foosty Scunner and I use the word Wanker a lot. I seem to make up words when I drive like: Wanker headed arse wipe. Love your channel!

[@Packager]

Ah, I love Scotland. *Swoons!*

[@Cires789]

You put in bawbag and didn't mention fannybaws!! Not really scottish words as such, what about stramash, cuddy or my fave scunner?

[@ImBigDave79]

She did mention fannybaws.

[@mountainneko]

When I was in Japan, "Baka" wasn't taken too seriously, nor was "baka tati" or "baka iero". . .in the US "cunt" is about the dirtiest word you could ever use use to describe a woman. . .so some of us use "Can't Understand Normal Thinking" when we want to say it. Love the channel and you just keep on swearing, it makes you so endearing 😉👍👍

[@shawnhapney8784]

To my ears? I know that there's different types of Scottish. Ulster, etc. Anyway, it sounds to me somewhat sing- songy meets the rolls. Kind of like a linguistic drumming. I'm grateful that my 'Bawbag' and ' Willy' aren't 'Baltic' or 'Driech'. Considering I live in The Great Lakes region.

[@scottcped]

“Know or have haired of these wards”? 😅😂😅😂