Victor records (Nov 1915)

VICTOR RECORDS | Number | 3 GLOSSARY OF SCOTCH WORDS USED BY MR. LAUDER, ALSO PHRASES WHICH MIGHT NOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY OUR CUSTOMERS Ree eee (from); canna’ (cannot); noo (now); fou (full) ; dinna (do not); ““awa’ hame”’ away home Record No. 60002—coortin’ (courting); dochter (daughter); doon (down); aroon’ (around); mysel’ (myself); twiggle (wriggle); sae (so); haerty (hearty); dinna (do not). Record No. 60003—fresht (fresh); delicht (delight) ; *«conspeeches”’ (conspicuous); Aoose (house); aboot (about); “‘“Bombay tartan kilt’’; oursel’ (ourselves). Record No. 60004— kilt (skirt of the Highland costume); breeks (breeches); troozers (trousers); nicht (night); “‘cockles of my heart’? (depths of my heart); cauld (cold); noo (now); hoose (house); het (heat). Record No. 60005—dinna (do not); _sair (sore); nicht (night); wee (little); blethering (blithering); noo (now); bonnie (handsome); bash (shove); mither (mother) Record No. 60008— haert (heart); Hielans (Highlands); aboot (about); “‘in the Clan McKay’’; “‘cockle o’ my heart’’ (depths of my heart). : Record No 60009 dee (die); maun (man); dubb (stupid person); dinna (do not); wee (little). Record No. 60010—ken (know); Hielans (Highlands); Aaert (heart); disna (does not); wae (where); bonnie (handsome). Record No. 6001 1—sicht (sight); coortin’ (courting); noo (now); richt (right); “‘skat:ng on Loch Long (an arm of the sea near Edinburgh) Record No. 60018—Bbraes (sides cf hills). Record No. 6002!—canna’ (cannot); gaun (going); wee (little); fae (to); noo (now). Record No. 60028—wee dove (little dove); rare un (rare one); strale (stroll). Record No, 60094—wee (little); Hielan’ (Highland); Faither (Father); chap off th’ old block (chip of the old block—like his father); Mither (Mother); cudna’ (could not). Record No. 60106—amang (among); wi (with); frae (from); lo’e sae ‘weel (love so well); auld (old); bonnie (handsome) ; na’ (not); lee (lie). Record No. 70001—** Tailor, —nine tenths of a mon’’ (man); nicht (night); fou (full). Records Nos. 70002 and 60001—Mavis (blackbird, thrush); nicht (night); haert (heart); wi (with); bonnie un (beautiful one). eee ek fees troozers (trousers); fou (full); thoosands (thousands); maister (master); nicht (night); richt (nght Record No. 70004— “Braw laddie (fine boy) frae (from) Bonnie (beautiful) Dundee" ; “the nicht (night) I was born’; “words must a’ come true’’; “‘enchantin’ wi’ (with) my lilt” (singing); ““started Parles vous’ (started talking); roond (round); troozers (trousers) ; kilt (skirt of the Highland costume); Juke uke); “passin’ up and doon (down) the stairs’; ““ nothing like the weave of a kilt.’ Record es 70005—daith (death); “‘glassy’’ (marble); fricht (frighten); Faither (Father); parritch (por Reds No. 70006—corps (body of men on guard); slavies (servant girls); o’ (of), Horse Kilties (Scotch Regiment): “‘not allowed to marry’’; “lose my whup” (whip); “lose my spurs’; “‘lose my strips” (shoulder straps denoting rank). Record No. 70007—Hielans (Highlands); mysel’ (myself): nicht (night). acs ne The hame (home); frae (from)? wi (with); tae (to); drappie (drop); daned (dined); tame time Record No. 70009—Faither (Father); Aaert (heart); paert (part); mysel’ (myself); ““ she’s a clinker ’’ (she’s a fine girl); mou’s (mouths). Record No. 70010—*“‘Lieutenant Shackleton.” Record No. 70013—sicht (sight); thoosands (thousands); doon (down). Record No. 70018—shillalah (cudgel); a wake (sitting up with the dead); hold up her gab (her mouth). Record No. 70060—baskin’ (basking); bonnie (beautiful, handsome); Kiltie (Scotchman wearing the Highen et wae (with); “‘my lass’’ (little girl); “each, °<(shoutiig)s a’ (all); oot (out); 0” (of); sicht (sight). Record No. 70061—haert (heart); “‘Hielan’ Fling’’ (Highland dance); aboot (about); nicht (night); cauld (cold); auld (old); slup (lip). Record No. 70062—nicht (night): hame (home); wee (little); a’ (all); o° (of); gang awa’ (go away); butan-ben (cottage) ; braw (bright) ; ken (know); a’ richt “all right); Gude Nicht (good night) at end of record). “‘Deoch-and-Doris'’—a convivial Nistecapthe last drink before separating. Record No. 70063—frae (from); wae (with); adornin’ (adorning); kirk-bells (church-bells) ; licht (light); skirlin (sizzling, frying). Record No. 70076—aboot (about); hoose (house); wee (little); Loch (a lake, also a bay or arm of the sea); a (all); frae (from); /o’e (love): ““pairfection’”’ (perfection). Raed No. 70095— bonnie (handsome: beautiful); wi’ oot (without). Record No. 70096 and 60107—bonnie (handanme): haert (heart); Hielan’ (Highland); _aroon (around); ““teer ma’ frock’’ (tear my dress); “‘ 7 artan Tie’’ (Scotch plaid necktie); and a “‘nice wee (little) Christmas box.”’ Record No. 70097—maur (mere). Record No. 70196—richt (right): Faither (Father); pooch (pocketbook); “‘Glasgow Rangers’; doon (down); licht (light); aboot (about): braw bricht nicht (fine bright nigh: didna (did not). Record No. 70107— mysel’ (myself), wi’ (with); troozers (trousers); mon (man). Record No. 70!08—Pipers (players of the bagpipes): bonnie Chandsomey: sojzr (soldier); Quay (wharf); Faither (Father). Record No. 70110—muysel’ (myself); doon (down); hooses (houses); toon (town); 0° (of); shillin’ (shilling); “‘got the sack’ (dismissed); ‘“suspeck-ed'’ (suspected); roon’ (round); cauld (cold); kilé (skirt of the Highland costume). ”? 4 NOTE:—The Catalogue Editor is not a Scotchman and made up this list without the assistance of Mr. Lauder. Consequently, he will be grateful for any corrections of possible errors customers may point out.