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Glaswegian |
English |
Example
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Translation |
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Laddie |
Boy |
Hieland
Laddie Lyrics
Whaur hae ye been a' the day, bonnie laddie,
Hieland laddie
Whaur hae ye been sae lang away, my bonnie Hieland
laddie
I've been seeking fortune's road, bonnie lassie,
Hieland lassie
An' there's money at the whalin' so I've been told,
my bonnie Hieland lassie
I sailed for the north in a Dundee whaler, bonnie
lassie, Hieland lassie
I sailed for the north as a whalin' sailor, my
bonnie Hieland lassie
But Greenland shores are grey and cold, bonnie
laddie, Hieland laddie
There's plenty o' ice but not much gold, my bonnie
Hieland laddie
When will you come back again, bonnie laddie,
Hieland laddie
You an' a' the whaling men, my bonnie Hieland laddie
Well, I'll be glad when I get hame, bonnie lassie,
Hieland lassie
And I'll gie up this whalin' game, my bonnie Hieland
lassie
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Laft |
Loft |
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Laldie /
Laldy |
A beating / Give it your best
shot / Do it with enthusiasm
One tends to 'give it
laldie' - after several whiskies it becomes much
easier to 'give it laldie' |
Gaun yersel', big yin. Gie it
laldie.
Go on Joseph make a complete arse of yourself with
that karaoke machine.
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Lamp |
To strike |
Ah'm gonnae lamp you ya big
edgit. |
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Lang |
Long |
Lang may yer lum reek!
Wi' ither folks coal!
Long may your chimney smoke!
With other people's coal! |
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Lanny |
Lanliq - an ultra cheap
fortified wine enjoyed by the gross by
down-and-outs. |
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Lassie |
Girl |
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Lavvie / Lavvy |
Toilet |
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Lavvy / Lavvie |
Toilet |
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Leathered |
Hit with a belt / Beaten |
Partick Thistle goat
leathered today!
Partick Thistle were beaten 7-1 by rivals Clydebank
Football Club. |
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Lecky |
Electricity |
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Lee |
Leave. |
Lee us alane big man.
Please refrain from knocking my head off with your
gorilla like fists. |
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Lend of (a) |
To take advantage of / Make a
fool of |
Ur you takin' a lend of me?
Would it be at all possible
that you could be jesting with me good sir? |
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Length |
As far as / All the way
along |
Ah walked awe the length
awe Sauchiehall Street tae get this dress.
I shopped till I dropped but all I got was this crap
dress. |
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Liftit |
Picked up by the police. |
Wee Tam (you will have
noticed by now that everyone in Scotland is either
Big or Wee - the words 'Average Alice' or 'Middle
sized Malky' have never been uttered) was liftit by
the police outside eh Woolies'.
Tam the Midget has been
arrested by the police for stealing a plastic
whistle from Woolworths - but of course by the time
the case reaches court the charges will have been
inflated to armed robbery.
FOOTNOTE: Woolies is an
abbreviation of Woolworths - a store that all
Scottish people have stolen from at least once in
their childhood. It was opened in 1879 but had to
close in 2009 because the government had robbed from
the poor to bail out the banks. |
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Linn
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Waterfall. Bonnington
Linn, Corra Linn, Dundaff Linn are some of the falls
on the River Clyde. |
Scottish Mountain Waterfalls (
Linn )
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Links |
Sausages |
Scottish
Link Sausages
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Loast |
Lost |
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Loch |
A lake with style |
Loch
Lomond
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Loch Ness Monster |
A very large creature that
inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. Legend
has it that the probability of seeing Nessie is
directionally proportional to the number of whiskies
drunk. |
Loch Ness Monster
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Loun / Loon |
A young boy.
(From the Doric dialect) |
Are
ye a loon or a quine?"
Are you
a boy or a girl or a transvestite? |
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Lour |
Threaten |
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Loupin |
Throbbing with pain |
Ah don't ken why but ma heed's loupin.
I have no idea why I
have such a bad headache - I'll just down another
bottle of whisky and try to shake it off. |
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Loupin' |
Throbbing |
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Lous'd |
Finished work |
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Luckenbooth |
Luckenbooths were shops in
Edinburgh, situated on the Royal Mile from St Giles'
Cathedral down towards the Canongate. They were the
city's first permanent shops that housed jewellery
workers and other trades, dating from the 16th
century. |
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Luckenbooth Brooch |
A traditional Scottish
Wedding brooch given to the bride by the groom on
their wedding day, and subsequently pinned to the
shawl of the first baby to protect it from evil
spirits. It has intertwining hearts and topped with
a crown. |
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Lucky Bag |
Where Neds get wedding
rings for their Nedettes. |
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Lug |
Ear |
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Lughole |
Ear |
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Lum |
Chimney |
Lang may yer lum reek!
Wi' ither folks coal!
Long may your chimney smoke!
With other people's coal! |
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Lumber |
To 'get off' with a member
of the other sex. ie make a new acquaintance which
will hopefully lead to love (or at least a bit of
nookie) |
Ah goat a lumber at
Tiffany's last night.
I met a beautiful girl at the
dancing last night and have arranged to take her to
a movie on Saturday - mind you I was a bit drunk - I
hope she's not a proper minger! |
