Scots sailing dictionary

[Gunfleet]

I thought scuttlebutters would like to be informed of a few hints I picked up during 48 hours (was it really that short?) to Cherbourg and back with a couple of Caledonian Scuttlebutters

frae= pronoun indicating the ablative
ra = definite article
yin = the number one
wee chucken curra =something to throw up later
force eight = wind conditions in which it is best to keep all sail set
es no a race = it is a race, but the others don't know
vessel yaws (from crew) = no it doesn't (from skipper - obviously correct)
close valve after use = instructions on glen rosa's loo (closely inspected by self , owing to curry and Benetau yawing)
container at position y = fridge at position x, confirm with solent coastguard
we are at position y = we are at position x, confirm with Jimi's plotter
rice noodle = egg noodle (according to Para)
fray bentos = long service medal OR putative contents of curry
just a wee one= entire bottle of whisky
tikki ken? = do you know about curry?
ken tikki = Norwegian Pacific raft sailed by Thor Heyerdal
teaky Ken = English butt of jokes not sailed by Thor Heyerdal
passage plan = 180 deg
return passage plan = 0 degrees

anyone noticed any others?

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[BrianJ]

how the bloody hell did yo put up with a that MATE ???
BrianJ

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[jimi]

Acshully I wanted to put up the cruising chute to steady the boat and maximise surf advantage .. but a wee keek at the crews white and strained faces made me think again!

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[Gunfleet]

Ithengu

for expanding the vocab

Keek=butcher's hook
wee=skipper of small stature

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[jhr]

Not all boaty, but I have come across the following words in colloquial usage in Scotland, and from frequenting these boards:

Roondin - Rare commodity in short supply, eg "Try as Ah micht, Ah niver seem tae be able tae get a roondin"

F****d - (a) Colloquial description of damage to boat, particularly steering gear (b) Condition of Scottish National Football (Fitba') team after European Cup qualifying round (roond)

Blind bastid - UEFA referee, officiating at (b) above

Jummie - Mythical Scots beast, possibly some kind of Troll

Wench - (a) Comely young woman (b) Device for tightening jib sheets

Bawlicks - Rare delicacy, ceremonially handed out to crew for repeated meritorious deeds, eg: "Dae that agin an' ye'll get yair bawlicks on a platter"

Anne frae Caister - the etymology of this phrase is unclear, but it seems to denote the embodiment of one's worst fears and hatreds - a metaphysical, Caledonian version of the "Room 101" concept.

Twuster - (a) Cyclonic storm in USA, (b) Confidence trickster, (c) Child's party game, (d) Person incorporating many characteristics of (a) - (c) above

Allegedly.

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[ParaHandy]

glesgae tandoori = picturesque colour scheme during extended visit to loo

ma bucket = device used when loo is occupied as above

youse OK, jimmy = medical help offered after vacating loo as above

did you know that the japs are flogging a singing loo which delivers the sound of running water intended to disguise normal operations inside a loo. Parteecularly one with paper thin walls as jimi's. At full volume, the distressing noise of water rushing past the hull outside would be replaced with a calming and soothing ambience. The wee scaldie should be kind to his crew, think more of their creature comforts, and fit such a device, don't you agree?

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[cliff]

Re: Ithengu

"for expanding the vocab

Keek=butcher's hook
wee=skipper of small stature "

Nope......
Keek = look

wee = small or pi$$ as in goin fae a wee or goin fae a wee wee
Not to be confused with "goin fae a slash"

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[jimi]

Its a matter of considerable distress to me, after the care lavished by me on attending to your creature comforts that the words
tattie scones
fried haggis
havnae made a lasting impression

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[ParaHandy]

aye, moi ausi ... efter orra ma efforts ah jist get lip aboot mistaking ra egg fer rice noodles in ra recipe ... onybody culd make sich a wee mishtake ....

yer haggis wiz braw and yer tattie scones wiz a dream. ah bet youse been practicing cracking yon eggs, too ............ !!

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[jimi]

Ah furgot aboot ra eggz .. waznt we guid no giein' BigNick the bad yins .. It wiz a sair temptashun ..

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[Gunfleet]

Re: Ithengu

I am in Essex, where butcher's hook needs no translation.

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[Chris_Robb]

oh - gawds sake

Thats not in the dictionary - and being an ex pat scot - I cannot understand the lingo. So please in future write in proper English.

Hope you all had a good trip - sounds like Jimi again had an exiting trip - certainly had plenty of ballast on board!

Chris

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[Gunfleet]

Haggis futures

They have made an impression but I didn't mentionthem for fear all those posh Waitrose smirked salmon chomping types in Hampshire (like Chris Robb) would want them, thereby forcing the spot market in haggis up to a new all time high.

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[cliff]

Re: Ithengu

"I am in Essex" ......... 'nuff said.....

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[Gunfleet]

Japanese singing loo

Does it do requests? Is that where the expression 'talking heads' comes from? You could of course cut out the middle man and sling the haggis straight down the singing loo, while it chortled 'I belong to Glasgow'.

Sound FX off, he assumes a Japanese accent

'I blerong to Grasgow, (Eugh!) deal ord Grasgow toon...(Eugh!).' Sound of flushing.

You get the picture.

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[jimi]

Acshully I wiz pleased our resident scribe had taken up residence in ra bog, cos he wiz then on the uphill side rather than in his bunk which wiz doontoon Maggiebroon .. the balance o' ra bocht wiz seegnneeficantedly better ..

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[Gunfleet]

Fur witty. Johnson was right. Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

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[Twister_Ken]

He kept that quiet

> sounds like Jimi again had an exiting trip<

Fell off, did he? Probably he was tugged off when he caught a super-giant-size-family-value Fray Bentos Jake & Sid.

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[Twister_Ken]

Permit me to add

Ra pointy end. Circumcised wedding tackle

Ra big white flappy thing. Anne Widdicombe

Keeprakeelsidedoon. Prithee, don't capsize the noble vessel

Prithee. The municipal conveniences in Cherbourg

Watts Cherbourg? Which town do you hail from?

Ma posishun is. Somewhere in the English Channel, possibly

Benny Toe. A very distant relation of William Fife

Kipper heid doon.. ***Translation not suitable for a family audience***

Ra caber. The mast

Ra tossa. That fellow on the boat that has just overtaken us

Kilt. What will happen to the crew when their wives find out what they got up to in Cherbourg

Awa wi ra bumtrumpet. I believe you may have broken wind

Ahm jist topping up ra loch. I have to attend to a call of nature

Ahm allergic tae froggy wine. I may have had a glass too many.



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[Becky]

At Last!! The chance to understand the other half of the threads. Please would you set this up as an on-line dictionary.
But, on the other hand, what on earth is Jimi saying here? Maybe one day I will understand.
Another suggestion; how about tuition, maybe a course run over a few weekends, in Cherbourg perhaps. Those that went this last time seem to have learned some of this strange language.

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