{"id":7055,"date":"2026-01-29T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:00:52","slug":"whits-in-a-wird-languages-week-scotland-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/whits-in-a-wird-languages-week-scotland-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Whits in a Wird – Languages Week Scotland 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As a Scots speikir wha haes bin ettlin tae lairn a wee bittie o oor braw Gaelic leid, am ay delichtit whan a cam ower wirds whaur richt awa a juist ken whit thae mean! Wirds like \u2018briogais\u2019 soondin like oor ain Scots wird fir troosers, \u2018breeks\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Gaelic \u2018dri\u00f9chd\u2019 is the wird fir \u2018dew\u2019. Noo we can aa mind as bairns, rinnin aboot in the wet gress an gettin oor feet \u2018drookit\u2019 an oor mithers gaein daft at the state o oor shin!  An oor lik soondin Scots wird \u2018dreich\u2019 sets doon the luik o a wet miserable day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the press in oor kitchen we hae a muckle trencher tae haud the turkey at Hogmanay. In Gaelic the wird fir a plate is \u2018truinnsear\u2019 an soonds lik \u2018trencher\u2019 – an nae doot thae keep thir plates in a \u2018preas\u2019 in the \u2018cidsin\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinkin oan a kist (ciste) wi claes in it,  A jaikit or a jerkin in the Gaelic leid is a \u2018seacaid\u2019 pronooncit \u2018shircat\u2019 an a \u2018coat\u2019 is a \u2018c\u00f2ta\u2019. The wird fir \u2018drawers\u2019 or underpants is \u2018draahis\u2019 spelt (drathais) an a \u2018hat\u2019 is an \u2018ad\u2019.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u2018geansaidh\u2019 in Gaelic an a \u2018ganzie\u2019 In the Scots Doric – thats the leid o the nor east o Scotland – is the wird fir a jersey in baith. \u2018Socks\u2019 an \u2018stockins\u2019 are \u2018stocainnean\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If ye hae a cauld, the wird fir it in Gaelic is \u2018cnatan\u2019 an sayin it soonds like a neb blockit up wi catarrh ! Whiles the soond o the wird fir a sneeze \u2018sraahart\u2019 ay maks me think o the green \u2018snotters\u2019 slidderin fae monys a bairns neb in the winter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Hepburn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Language Week Scotland https:\/\/www.langsweekscot.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a Scots speikir wha haes bin ettlin tae lairn a wee bittie o oor braw Gaelic leid, am ay delichtit whan a cam ower wirds whaur richt awa a juist ken whit thae mean! Wirds like \u2018briogais\u2019 soondin like oor ain Scots wird fir troosers, \u2018breeks\u2019.  In Gaelic \u2018dri\u00f9chd\u2019 is the wird fir \u2018dew\u2019. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2026\/01\/Gen4-Im-looking-for-a-cartoon-plate-on-a-table-in-a-kitchen-with-knives-and-fork-s-light-anime-a-2.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1PN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7059,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7055\/revisions\/7059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}