On my phone I have been collecting words I hear in Scotland. I note down the words I hear from guys I work with. I thought, what good is it if I am the only one who can see them?
Here they are!
Man on the moon
Spoon
I cannae find my man on the moon!
Where ye feh?
Where are you from
Shoogle
To shake
He woudne wake up so I gave him a shoogle
Oxksters
Armpits
Ten a penny
Very common
Donald Duck
Luck
It may work, it may not. It’s just your donald duck
Mony a mickle maks a muckle
Many small things will make a big thing
letting in
Leaking
I’m buying new boots, these ones a letting in!
None of yon
none of them
Yin a ooo
one of us
Are ya yin a ooo?
Coo’s come helm
Cows come home
I’ll be in there until the cooo’s come hem!
Jungle gym
Trim
It’s a bit long, give a it a jungle gym
Dolly dimple
Simple
He’s a wee bit dolly dimple
Skitters
Diarrhea
It sticks like a skitter to a stone
Baw hair
A single pubic hair
Often used as a unit of measurement, “youre out by a baw hair”
Billy bold
Cold
Oh crap it’s Billy Bold today!
The boiled bean
The Queen
Greeting
Crying
Pap doon the flairs
Install the flooring boards
Scooby Doo
Clue
I dinnae have a scooby what that guy’s name is
Jack Jones
Alone
I am working all on my jack jones today
Wifey
Lady (married or not)
I bought my coffee from the wifey with the red hair
Hen
Lady
Good morning hen
Gregory Pecs
Spectacles, glasses
I cannae read, pass me ma gregory pecs
Doin ma heid in
Driving me crazy
Argh that noise is doin ma heid in
The Travelling Carpenter 
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