of Gaelic in Scotland, were documented over the 20th century by the Linguistic Survey of Scotland at the University of Edinburgh. Examples include: meaning "What a dull, miserable, overcast day" (of weather) is the equivalent of the English crying (). I'm feeling quite drouthy meaning "I'm feeling quite thirsty" That's a right (or real) scunner! meaning "That's extremely off-putting" The picture still looks squint meaning "The picture still looks askew/awry" You'd better just caw canny meaning "You'd better just go easy/Don't overdo it" His face is tripping him meaning "He's looking fed up" Just play the daft laddie meaning "Act ingenuously/feign ignorance" You're looking a bit peely-wally meaning "You're looking a bit off-colour" That's outwith my remit meaning "It's not part of my job to do that" It depends on what the high heid yins think meaning "It depends on what the heads of the organisation/management think" I'll come round (at) the back of eight meaning "I'll come round just after eight o'clock" We're all Jock Tamson's bairns, stock phrase meaning "None of us is better than anyone else" (i.e. socially superior) I kent his faither, stock phrase meaning "he started off as humbly as the rest of us before achieving success" You're standing there like a stookie meaning "you stand there as if incapable of stirring yourself" (like a plaster statue, a stucco figure) He's a right sweetie-wife meaning "He likes a good gossip" I didn't mean to cause a stooshie meaning "I didn't mean to cause a major fuss/commotion" I'm swithering whether to go meaning "I'm in two minds/uncertain as to whether to go" Ach, away ye go! stock phrase meaning "Oh, I don't believe you" Scotticisms are generally divided into two types: covert Scotticisms, which generally go unnoticed as being particularly Scottish by those using them, and overt Scotticisms, usually used for stylistic effect, with those using them aware of their Scottish nature. Lexical Scottish English has inherited a number of lexical items from Scots, which are less common in other forms of standard English. General items are , the Scots word for small (also common in Canadian English and New Zealand English, probably under Scottish influence); or for child (the latter from Common Germanic, cf modern Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese , West Frisian bern and also used in Northern English dialects); bonnie for pretty, attractive, (or good looking, handsome, as in the case of Bonnie