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Old 23rd September 2011, 14:58
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Hi,

I'm a writer working on a graphic novel set in Hawick, Scotland and I was wondering if anyone here could tell me some Scottish terms of endearment from father and mother to son and viceversa that I could use in my story.

So far the only one I've found has been dawtie.

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Old 23rd September 2011, 16:05
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I can only think of mo ghraidh.
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Old 23rd September 2011, 18:59
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I can only think of mo ghraidh.
And that's in daily usage in Hawick - NOT !
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Old 23rd September 2011, 22:22
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Father and mother would say 'son', as in 'aw thur, niver mind, son - you did your best'.

HINT: Scots in the Lowlands and the Borders would use Lallans/Auld Scots, not Gaelic.
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I can only think of mo ghraidh.

A parent wouldn't say that to a child... sounds like incest. yuck!
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Old 24th September 2011, 10:52
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A parent wouldn't say that to a child... sounds like incest. yuck!
....though they may well say "a'ghraidh" (not "mo ghraidh" - and certainly not if they were from Hawick )
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"wee bugger" was always popular.
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