The big vote ( a Brexit free post!)

Scottish Book Week is winding its way round to us again and this year they are holding a vote to find the best Scottish word.

There's been a bit of debate here. There are 4 languages spoken in Scotland ( five if you count continuous swearing ).  English, Scots, Doric and Gaelic. The politicians do pander to Gaelic, as the other three blend together, often delineated by geography.  But the amount of money pumped into supporting Gaelic, I personally find a little offensive. Our NHS is on it's knees, but millions is poured into a language spoken by less than 1%  if we count native speakers.

Anyway, more fun things. The best Scottish word used in everyday parlance. Which one do you like?

1)  BURN a wee river
2)  CLYPE  a snitch. She's a right wee clype her!
3)  COALY BACK... a child being carried on an adults shoulders, like a sack of coal one presumes.
4)  BEASTIE  a small insect, or an affectionate term for a big beast.
5) GLAIKIT    that look on a person's face when they have no idea at all. Can also mean a slight daft
                 person.
6) TOTIE  even smaller than wee,  A certain president has wee totie hands. Pronounced toatie.
7)  GUISING  to go out in fancy dress, I don't see what that's considered Scottish as it's root maybe Guy Fawkes type of guising.  Or maybe the root is disguising.
8) STAPPIT   blocked. My sinks stappit. I wonder if folk are Stappit on facebook nowadays.
9) GLOAMIN  one of my favourite words. It's that gentle light of twilight,  a restful time of subdued colour and mood. And it rhymes so well with roaming.
10) WABBIT  to look pale, tired and listless.
11) DREICH   when it can't be bothered to rain properly, and you get soaked walking through it
12)  HAVER   talking rubbish enthusiastically. Politicians do that a lot.
13) SMIRR    the rain that's a little more than dreich. We have a lot of works for rain.
14) SMOORIKIN   to snog, kiss, coorie in, hug
15) DWAM   to float away in a day dream....constantly
16) KEN   to know.... from the German I'd presume.
17) BESUM  a right cheeky wee monkey, usually female. We'd say Bissim.
18) FANKLE  two puppies and a ball of string, the resulting mess is a fankle.
19) NEEPS  turnips.
20)  EEKSIE PEEKSIE  We'd say Eachy Peachy, not sure that's peculiarly Scots - it means equal.
21)  BRAW    either really good, or really cold!  It's a bit braw this morning! said nobody in Dallas ever!
22) NYAFF  in bad taste, usually in a height of fashion sense, 'She looks dead nyaff in that.'  Some cars would be described as nyaff.
23) BUMFLE  when something that should be smooth is ruffled, esp fabric.  That duvet has a bit bumfle in it.
24) OUTWITH a perfectly sensible world. Very sensible indeed
25) PIECE two slices of bread with jam in between. When taken to eat at school, it is a playpiece.
26) SITOOTERIE   a eating place where you can sit outside. Dog owners often look for a sitooterie.
27) SHOOGLE     what happens in a car on a bumpy road, you get shoogled aboot!
28) SLEEKIT     slightly sly,  there's shininess / smoothness to the word as well, a fox would be sleekit, as would a well groomed supermodel.
29) SCUNNER     a disliking due to having too much off-  I'm fair scunnered with that chocolate. Or, more commonly. 'I'm fair scunnered with that book, I wish I was finished it.'
30)  WHEEST,, Be quiet!  So I will be!