THE SCOTTISH WORD OF THE DAY

Ane. In some parts of Scotland, ane means "one": A guid New Year tae ane and a´!

Anent (a-nent). Anent means "about" or "considering": a few remarks anent the meeting.

Angus (ang-giss). Angus is a historic county in the northeast of Central Scotland, the southern boundary of which is the Firth of Tay and the eastern the North Sea. It is now the name of a council areaoccupying much the same area as the old county.

                                                                     
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Arabs. The supporters of Dundee United football team are nicknamed the Arabs. The origin of the nickname is unclear, but it may have started as a jocular reference to the one-time sandy condition of the Tannadice pitch.

                                                                                                                                       

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Abune (a-bin) or abeen. It means "above".

Academy. In Scotland, some secondary schools are known as "academies". Originally, an academy was a public or private school in a burgh: Bathgate Academy; St Margaret´s Academy.

Bathgate Academy

Accies. It is an informal way of referring to a sports club with Academicals or Academical in its name, indicating that it was formed by members of an academy: Hamilton Accies.

Hamilton Accies´s badge

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. Scots Dictionary. The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (2nd edition, 2014). Glasgow: Collins Gem

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Ablow (a-blow). It means "below": in ablow the sink.

A´body (aw-did-ee). In some parts of Northeast Scotland, a´body means "everybody": Ssh! We don´t want a´body to know aboot it!

Aboot (a-boot). Aboot means "about": That´s aa you incomers go on aboot.



HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. Scots Dictionary. The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (2nd edition, 2014). Glasgow: Collins Gem

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Today we are going to learn some terms related with a beautiful Scottish city called Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Angus. It´s a breed of black hornless beefcattle originally bred in Aberdeenshire and Angus.



Aberdeenshire (ab-er-dean-sher or ab-er-dean-shire). Aberdeen is a historic county in Northeast Scotland. It is now the name of a council area encompassing the old county (except for the city of Aberdeen) plus Kincardine and most of Banff.

Aberdonian. An Aberdonian is a person from Aberdeen. The dialect of Scots spoken un Aberdeen is also called in this way. Something which is Aberdonian comes from, or is typical of Aberdeen, for sure.

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. Scots Dictionary. The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (2nd edition, 2014). Glasgow: Collins Gem

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THE SCOTTISH WORD OF THE DAY

A´, aa or aw (aw): it means "all". Ex: It´s a´the same tae me. 

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. Scots Dictionary. The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (2nd edition, 2014). Glasgow: Collins Gem

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