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Yer favourite Scots language animal name. Go!
Thanks tae awbody whit replied tae this. Ah cannae believe the amoont! Ah mak it tae be aboot 73 names o beasties. Yer aw amazin!
An bi the wey, does awbody ken why yon English 'earwig' is cried clipshear, forkie tail, hairy gollach, horny gollach, horny gollacks and forkie gollach. Ah mean, that's juist greedy.
Here's a list o aw the yins ye've gien me so far, alang wi translations intae English.
billie - curlew
bonxie - skua
brock - badger
bubbly jock - turkey
buckie - whelk
bum clock - flying beetle
cheetie - cat
chulfie - chaffinch
clappy doo - mussels
clipshear - earwig
clockleddy - ladybird
coo - cow
corbie - crow
craw - crow
cuddy - wee horse
cushie doo - wood pigeon
doo - pigeon
dug - dog
ettercap - spider
flook - ?
foggy bummer - bumble bee
forkie tail - earwig
forky gollach - earwig
futret - weasel
fuzzy bummer - bumble bee
gleanie - gunieafowl
gollach - earwig
gowk - cuckoo
groaty buckie - winkle
hairy gollach - earwig
hairy oobit - hairy caterpillar
hoggie - lamb
hoodie craw - crow, hooded
hoolet - owl
hoond - dog
hornigollach - earwig
horny golloch - earwig
horny gollocks - earwig
hurcheon - hedgehog
jeck wi the monie feet - centipede
jennie - wren
joogle - dog
kye - cows
laverock - skylark
lintie - linnet
map map - rabbit
maukin - hare
mavis - song thrush
moose - mouse
mowdie - mole
mowdiwarp - mole
papingo - parrot
partan - crab
peasie - lapwing
peewit - lapwing
pishmire - ant
poddie - small pollack
puddock - frog
scarf - cormorant
screw moose - shrew
sea hurcheon - sea urchin
shilfie – chaffinch
shulfie - chaffinch
slater - woodlouse
smaw douker - little grebe
speug - sparrow
spoots - razor clam
spottit reidcoat - ladybird
stankie - moorhen
stirk - bullock
stuckie - starling
tammie norrie - puffin
tod - fox
tormaukin - hare
troot - trout
whaup - curlew
whitterick - curlew
yellae airsie - wasp
yowe - ewe
If ah've got ony o the translations wrang, gonnae let me ken?
Juist tae let ye ken, ah've drawn yin o these. Ah'm thinkin o daein mair.
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