Unit 7, Appendix 5, Same meaning different spelling...

Words with the same meaning but different spelling/pronunciation in Scots and English


Here is a collection of some of these words drawn from responses to this exercise in my teaching. A list of words with the same meaning in Scots and English but pronunciation and spelling is different… activity in class – write English equivalent / close connection between both languages.

ablow

doon

jeelie

scoor

aboot

doot

lairn

scuil

aff

drap

lane

seik

afore

dreid

lang

selt

ahint

dug

laun

shair

ain

efter

lea

shooder

ane

erse

len

single

atween

fae

licht

snaw

auld

fairm

lowse

soond

awa

fairmer

mair

sooth

awey

faither

maist

sowel

awfy

faur

maister

spreid

ayeweys

faw

mak

stap

babby

fecht

meenit

stert

barra

feel (foolish/ fuil)

mercat

strang

baw

fin

mither

strecht

bevvy

flair

modren

streitch

bey

flee

moose

swatch

blaw

follae

mooth

swatch

blin

fower

muin

sweir

body

fowk

nae

sweit

bool

frein

nane

tak

breith

gae

onie

tear

bricht

gie

oor

telt

bried

girn

oot

thoosan

brig

gless

oot

threid

broo

goon

ower

thunner

buik

gowf

pairk

tooer

bull

gowp

pairt

toon

cairry

grun

pap

troosers

cauld

gub

pattren

tummler

caur

hae

peenie

twa

caw

hairt

pettit

twinty

chanter

hame

pey

vooel

claes

haud

pit

wab

cless

hauf

pley

want

cloot

haun

pooch

warm

coo

haunle

pooer

wash

coorse

heid

poon

waw

coort

heider

pull

wecht

craw

het

pun

weel

da

hing

querr

weemen

dae

hink

reid

weish

daur

hoose

rid

wha

daurk

humph

rigg

wi

deid

hunner

roon

windae

deif

ile

rummle

wrang

dempt

insteid

saft

wrassler

dochter

jaiket

sair

wumman

doocot

jaur

sang

yisterday


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