The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland Useful Scots word: Smout
As a nation we tend not to wear our hearts on our sleeves or to give rein to outpourings of admiration. So it is that our language tends to be more suited to directing insults, rather than compliments, at people. As is the case with other languages, such insults are often based on the physical