I was brought up by my Gran till I was about ten and she taught me loads of local Scottish dialect, she used to say that you can read all there is to read about us and look at all the pictures but the only way to get to know an this place (South Ayrshire) is to get in amongst the folk and listen to them.

Some of my favorite words

Scunner, someone who is being naughty i.e "you wee scunner"

Sleekit, someone who is a bit sly or dodgy.

Haud yer wheesht, hold your tongue, stop talking.

Skelpit smacked, whacked, if you were a wee scunner you might get your arse skelpit

There are many more I could list but the forum servers probably aren't big enough.

Cheers
NCM
Nightcrewman Reviewed by Nightcrewman on . Everyday Slang/Talk/Words In Your Area I was just pondering to myself that around here, there are certain ways we talk that might not be used anywhere else. Just wanted everyone to share any words or slang or overall talk you might use with your friends or are just popular in your area. Around here, we often substitute the word 'mad' in for 'very' or 'a lot' or 'many'. Example: "I drank mad beers last night" or "I was mad high yesterday". LOL, it doesn't really make a lot of sense, but a lot of people say it...probably Rating: 5