Hirpling along!

[kerianth]

Hirple. It's a great word, one of the wonderful Scottish words that are potentially slipping from use today. I make a point of using them with the kids so that they grow up with the same rich oral tradition that I did. Oxter, bahookie, skite, rammy, fankle ... sometimes there's just no substitute for a word that is onomatapoeic and poetic at the

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[pernwebgoddess]

Oh, what wonderful words. Have I ever told you that your vocabulary delights me? I just wish I could hear it in your accent more often. ;) And your skiver coaster has a place of honor on my desk where I can see it and smile any time I want. :)

I'm so teaching Elisabeth bahookie...

[kerianth]

I love that coaster too! And yes, 'bahookie' should be a required word for any toddler to know. I'll make sure to teach you more Scots words (in my accent!) next time we meet up! (Hopefully September '09!)

[four_horsebears]

That's one of those things that kind of stinks about being multicultural... Because of my mixed heritage, and my suburban, Midwestern U.S. lifestyle, I don't get to use any cool colloquialisms. And I can't borrow anybody else's, because it would defeat the point!

There was this Panamanian woman who came in to buy bread a few weeks ago, and when she saw me, she started speaking to me in Spanish. Oh, I couldn't understand a single word of it, don't get me wrong, but I was rather pleased that at least one person had a clue as to my nationality. Being homogenized kind of stinks.

[kerianth]

But with several different peoples and cultures in your heritage, can't you pick the one you like most (words/language/cultural background) and 'adopt' that? I bet there are plenty of Spanish colloquialisms you could use! (Ask Chris!) :D

[phoenix_prose]

DREICH!

My favourite word. Especially because I know how you say it. ♥

[kerianth]

Aye, hen, ye do that! Next time I'll teach you how to say, "It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht, a'richt?"