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Glaswegian |
English |
Example
and
Translation |
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Nae, Naw |
No |
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Nae bother |
No problem |
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Naebody |
Nobody |
Diz naebody love me?
I am a loathsome piece of
crap! |
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Nane |
None |
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Napper |
Head |
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Nat King Cole |
Sex |
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Naw, Nae |
No |
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Neane |
None |
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Neb |
Nose |
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Ned |
A thug / Scottish version of
chav (see Ned Speak) |
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Neep |
Turnip |
Will we hae haggis, neeps
and tatties fur Burns' night?
I had a stupid thought there for a moment but
managed to shake it off - let's go for a Chinese
Meal as we always do on Burns' night. |
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Nick |
To steal / Prison |
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Nip (eg Nip doon) |
Go |
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Nippin |
Nagging |
Will ye stoap nippin ma
lughole fur a minute.
Yes, yes - I will take the rubbish out . . .
sometime. |
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Nolly Naully Nollie |
Forth and Clyde Canal |
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No' |
Not |
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Noggin |
Fight |
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Noo |
Now |
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Nookie |
Sex |
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Nooks
and Crannies |
Crevices and
cracks and secret places (the sort of place where
you would hide your Playboy magazines - if you were
that type of person) |
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Nowt |
Nothing |
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Nudey |
Nude
|
Ah hid ma nudey mags in a
great wee nook and cranie.
I have placed my stash of Playboys in a place where
my father and all my brothers also know very well. |
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Nugget |
A piece of faeces or someone
who isn't too clever |
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Nugwatt |
* An evil person / Bully * |
A big nugwat chucked me in
the nollie. That evil
wee girl Jean threw me in the canal. |
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Numptiejobby |
Person of dubious intelligence
and/or character. |
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Numpty |
Idiot |
Numpty Dumpty
Numpty
Dumpty sat oan a wall,
Numpty Dumpty hud a great fall.
It wisnae accident him being so high.
The
stupid wee eejit wis trying to fly.
[Copyright Stuart Macfarlane] |
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Numpty-heided |
Derogatory term. |
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Nyaff |
Scruff / Irritating person.
(For some reason all nyaffs seem to be small for the
expression is usually 'wee nyaff') |
Thit wee nyaff keeps oan
biting ma bum Sorry -
there is no legal translation of this phrase. |
