Larn Yersel Berwickese

[Bugs]

Ha! I found it!!

Words
Abake - a nuisance
Alki - Drunk or Alcoholic
Avie - Bottom/Bum
Bagies - Turnips
Bar - £Pounds
Bary (Bar-ee) - Lovely, Great, Nice
Boilin' - Mad
Buckie - Stone
Bull - Intercourse
Canny - Kind
Cantle - Head
Capture - Female Berwicker or girlfriend
Cava - a type of sparkly wine
Chava - Young Berwick Male
Chi - just an expression after a sentence
Choorin - Stealing
Chowlers - cheeks
Chuck - Bread
Chucky - Hire Purchase
Clemmies - Testicles
Clemmy - A Stone
Cooch - Sofa/Settee
Coosty - Very Good
Cope - Good
Coupon - Face
Covied - Dead
Cowie - Anything
Cowped - Overturned
Cup of Scad - Tea
Dad - hit
Deek - Look
Dial - Face
Dish - Face
Doled - assaulted
Doobies - Money
Donnard/Donnat - Stupid/thick/Numpty
Doses - Lots
Doylem - Idiot
Fams - Fingers Hands(?)
Felled - Outfought
Foosty/Foostie - Bad/Off/stale
Footy - Dirty
Gadge - Man
Gary - Bus
Gash - Bad/Rubbish
Gezza/Gadge/Gadgie - Man
Gibby - a stick
Gliff - Fright
Goorie - Man
Gull - Person From Eyemouth
Hadaway - Go Away
Hantle - Woman/folk/people
Hawker - Romany Travelling People
Hick - Countryfolk
Hinde - Countryfolk
Hornies - Police
Huckle - To Spit
Humming - Smelly
Interlowper - Outsider currently residing in Berwick
Jiga - Door
Jinka - Bottom
Jougal - Dog
Keekers - Eyes
Keer/Keir - House/Home
Kip - Bed/sleep
Kite - Bottom/Bum
Knackered - Tired
Lairy - Cheeky
Lalled - bothered
Ladged - Embarrassed
Lowp - Jump Over
Lowie - Money
Lowsed - Done For
Mangin - Speaking
Manishee - Female
Mank - Dirt
Mehagger/Mahagga - Friend
Minga - Stinker
Moolied - Felled
Mooth - Mouth
Morin - Tomorrow
Mortal - Drunk
Morty - Woman
Moy - Face
Muckle - Massive/Huge
Muskies - Police
Nash - Run Away
Pad - Walk
Paffy/Paffas - Easy
Paggad - Tired
Panny/Pannie - Rain or water
Peeries - Feet/Toes
Peeve - Alcohol
Peever - Pub
Plaff - Foot
Plaffs - Feet
Radge - Mad
Radgee - Mentally Unstable Person
Rake - Loads
Reek - Smoke
Rootle-Tootle - Totally Mad
Rooty - Mad
Scoop - Alcohol
Scran - Foodstuff
Screeve - Journey in Car
Screevie - Car
Scrogies - Shan Apples
Scunner - Sickener/annoyance
Shan - Bad/Poor/harsh/unfair
Sheerie - Hair
Skids - Underpants
Skiva - Absent
Slash - Urinate
Spam/Cleesh - hit with the palm but not quite a slap
Spragged - Informed/told on
Sprog - Child
Tacket - Useless
Tadga - Willy
Toley - A "Number Two"
Tuborin - a hiding
Twempie - Tweedmouther
Wing - Pence
Yaks - Eyes
Yag - Fire
Yaggy - Hot


Phrases/Sayings
Baigie Heid - stupid person
Baldy Nappa - Bald Head
Dinny Min - Don’t do that
Eee worra Seekner - how disappointing
Ge owa with ya greetin min= stop your crying
Gin an Yasell - Go ahead/carry on
I Jan the Cant - I understand what you say
Radgee Gadgee - mentally unstable person
wuyoogananabootsoneh? - Might i enquire to what you mean, hmm?

[grumpy]

radge heed

[boozysuzi]

think youve got them all cannae think of any more. oh theres one, "up the howf "-----up the river beyond the railway bridge ( tweedmooth side) you cud get muckle big sticklebacks in the pools up the howf when i was a kid (if you had a jamjar) then ma dad put them doon the lavvy when i took them home.
!!!

[Chili's]

clammin = scranny
scaddies = nettles
bait = food
dos = a womans front bottom
hek = eat

[grumpy]

i've never heard a woman's front bottom called dos

[Chili's]

No coz were too polite to use the word 'dos' in ladies company......does it have a double 's'? doss, aye thats better

[emre]

cattle trucked or cattled = broken or knackered

[pandora]

this thread brings back memories, bugs

[Bugs]

Jul 7, 2009 23:27:32 GMT pandora said:

this thread brings back memories, bugs

Aye - a lot of fun went into compiling this!!

Here's to absent friends who helped, but haven't quite found their way to Tweed Talk yet!!!