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Glaswegian |
English |
Example
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Translation |
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Ra |
The |
Ah'm away tae ra pub. |
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Rasputin it aboot
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Having affairs with a lot
of people. [smm] |
Big Jock's jist found oot
thit his wife is rasputin it aboot. |
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Rag - lose the |
Lose the rag is to lose
your temper. |
Dinnae lose the rag wae me
- it's no' ma fault yer birds sleeping wae yer
faither. |
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Rammie / Rammy |
Square go, Fight. |
Right, jist you and me
behind the bike shed fur a rammie.
My mates are waiting behind the bike sheds to give
you a good doing. |
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Randan (eg Go on the randan) |
Drinking binge |
Let's go oot on the randan!
Shall we take a trip to our local hostelry and
participate in their hospitality until all our body
parts, apart from our mouths, cease to function. |
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Rank, Rank Rotten |
Smells or tastes bad |
That's pure rank so it is.
This Guinness tastes like weasel piss that's six
months past its sell by date - get another round in. |
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Rare |
Exceptionally good. (Often
pronounced rerr) |
This is a rare wee whisky
ye've found. Aye - it's a 1953 single malt frae
Islay - it's very rare.
So it's a rare rare wee whisky then! |
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Rat |
That |
Whit ur ye daein' wae rat
rat. Are you carrying
out a scientific experiment with that rat or are you
just going to eat it? |
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Rat Arsed |
Drunk Rat Arsed
noun
As drinking is a favourite pastime there are many
terms for ‘being drunk’ in Ned speak. Rat-arsed,
blootered, charred, stoshus, dunted, steamin, oot
yer face, rubber, blazin, stoavin, steamboats,
buzzin, ful eh it, bongoed, mad wae it, mutted, are
just a few.
[From Ned Speak by Stuart McLean] |
Drunk Girl in Mud
 |
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Rattle |
To give something a sharp
blow. |
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Rattle yer cage |
To become upset |
Whit's rattled his cage?
Och he's jist discovered thit awe the uncles thit
keep visitin' his maw urnae really his uncles. |
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Ravelin' |
Confusing |
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Redd-up |
Tidy up |
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Reiver |
Cattle Stealer During
Medieval times (13th - mid 17th Century) there was
constant war between Scotland and England. The
people around the Borders were badly affected - with
crops being destroyed and their livestock stolen.
Reiving, raiding for cattle and sheep, was
the only way for Borers people to survive and it
became an established way of life, a profession,
which was regarded with no discredit amongst the
Borderers |
Read More about Reivers:
Border Reivers
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Reek |
Smell |
Lang may yer lum reek!
Wi' ither folks coal!
Long may your chimney smoke!
With other people's coal! |
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Reekin |
Smelling / Stinking |
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Rerr |
Rare / very good |
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Riddy |
Being embarrassed, going red in
the face |
Red Faced Girl . . .
 |
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Rift |
A burp |
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Rigoot |
Outfit |
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Rin |
Run |
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Rinoo |
Right now |
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Rocket |
Daft Person |
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Rockies |
Rockport boots |
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Roon |
Round |
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Roond |
Round |
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Rubber |
Really drunk or full of drugs |
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Rubbery Gub |
Big Mouth |
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Ruggin' |
Tugging |
Ruggin' the Rope (Tug of War)
 |
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Rummle |
To upset or jostle. |
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