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Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Wikilink

2024-08-24T03:06:55Z

Dialect and language: Wikilink

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	* Cludgie - The privy.		* Cludgie - The privy.
	* Coo - Cow.		* Coo - Cow.
	* Crawstep - Used by pictsies to travel magically between worlds but not within them. For that purpose, they say, they have "feets."		* [[Crawstep]] - Used by pictsies to travel magically between worlds but not within them. For that purpose, they say, they have "feets."
	* Crivens! - A general exclamation, ranging in seriousness and severity. Used in place of swear words.		* Crivens! - A general exclamation, ranging in seriousness and severity. Used in place of swear words.
	* Dinnae/didnae - Do not/did not.		* Dinnae/didnae - Do not/did not.

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Crawstep

2024-08-24T01:32:16Z

Dialect and language: Crawstep

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	* Cludgie - The privy.		* Cludgie - The privy.
	* Coo - Cow.		* Coo - Cow.
			* Crawstep - Used by pictsies to travel magically between worlds but not within them. For that purpose, they say, they have "feets."
	* Crivens! - A general exclamation, ranging in seriousness and severity. Used in place of swear words.		* Crivens! - A general exclamation, ranging in seriousness and severity. Used in place of swear words.
	* Dinnae/didnae - Do not/did not.		* Dinnae/didnae - Do not/did not.

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Dialect

2024-08-23T20:04:08Z

Dialect and language: Dialect

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	* Schemie - An unpleasant person.		* Schemie - An unpleasant person.
	* Scuggan - A really unpleasant person.		* Scuggan - A really unpleasant person.
	* Scuggers - Leg warmers. (Like socks wi'~~out~~ feets.)		* Scuggers - Leg warmers. (Like socks wi'oot feets.)
	* Scunner - A generally unpleasant person.		* Scunner - A generally unpleasant person.
	* Ships - Woolly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Easily confused with the other kind.		* Ships - Woolly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Easily confused with the other kind.

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Scuggers

2024-08-23T20:02:41Z

Dialect and language: Scuggers

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	* Schemie - An unpleasant person.		* Schemie - An unpleasant person.
	* Scuggan - A really unpleasant person.		* Scuggan - A really unpleasant person.
			* Scuggers - Leg warmers. (Like socks wi'out feets.)
	* Scunner - A generally unpleasant person.		* Scunner - A generally unpleasant person.
	* Ships - Woolly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Easily confused with the other kind.		* Ships - Woolly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Easily confused with the other kind.

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Added some more; general maintenance

2024-08-23T14:08:58Z

Dialect and language: Added some more; general maintenance

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	Feegles talk with a strong mountain brogue. Some of the more unusual words, and their equivalent meanings are:		Feegles talk with a strong mountain brogue. Some of the more unusual words, and their equivalent meanings are:
	* Big Wee Hag - Tiffany Aching		* Big Wee Hag - Tiffany Aching
	* Bigjobs - ~~human~~ beings.		* Bigjobs - Human beings.
	* Big Man - ~~chief~~ of the clan (usually the husband of the Kelda).		* Big Man - Chief of the clan (usually the husband of the Kelda).
	* Blathers/blethers - ~~rubbish~~, nonsense.		* Blathers/blethers - Rubbish, nonsense.
	* Boggin - to be desperate, as in 'I'm boggin for a cup of tea.' (You would be gaggin' for a cup of tea.)		* Boggin - To be desperate, as in 'I'm boggin for a cup of tea.' (You would be gaggin' for a cup of tea.)
	* Bunty - a weak person.		* Bunty - A weak person.
	* Carlin - an old woman, witch or not.		* Carlin - An old woman, witch or not.
	* Cludgie - ~~the~~ privy		* Cack yer kecks - Er, to put it delicately…to be very, very frightened. As it were.
	* Coo - Cow		* Cludgie - The privy.
			* Coo - Cow.
	* Crivens! - A general exclamation, ranging in seriousness and severity. Used in place of swear words.		* Crivens! - A general exclamation, ranging in seriousness and severity. Used in place of swear words.
	* Dinnae/didnae - do not/did not.		* Dinnae/didnae - Do not/did not.
	* Dree your/my/his/her weird - Face the fate that is in store for you/me/him/her.		* Dree your/my/his/her weird - Face the fate that is in store for you/me/him/her.
	* Eldritch - ~~weird~~, strange. Sometimes means oblong, too, for some reason		* Een - Eyes.
	* Geas - ~~An oath of sorts~~, ~~an obligation~~. Not a bird.		* Eldritch - Weird, strange. Sometimes means oblong, too, for some reason.
	* Hag - Witch		* Fash - Worry, upset.
	* Hag o' Hags - A head witch or great witch (e.g. [[Granny Weatherwax]])		* Geas - A very important obligation, backed up by tradition and magic. Not a bird.
			* [[Gonnagle]] - The bard of the clan, skilled in musical instruments, poems, stories, and songs.
			* Hag - Witch.
			* Hag o' Hags - A head witch or great witch. (e.g. [[Granny Weatherwax]])
	* Haggins/hagglins - What a witch does.		* Haggins/hagglins - What a witch does.
	* Hiddlins - ~~secrets~~		* Hiddlins - Secrets.
			* [[Kelda]] - The female head of the clan, and eventually the mother of most of it.
	* Ken - Know.		* Ken - Know.
	* Midden - ~~combination~~ of dump, cesspit, dunnikin.		* Lang syne - Long ago.
			* Last World - The Feegles believe that they are dead. This world is so nice, they argue, that they must have been really good in a past life and then died and ended up here. Appearing to die here means merely going back to the Last World, which they believe is rather dull.
			* Midden - Combination of dump, cesspit, dunnikin.
	* Mudlin - Useless person.		* Mudlin - Useless person.
	* Offski - To leave or depart quickly. (Run away.)		* Offski - To leave or depart quickly. (Run away.)
	* Pished - ~~Tired....or~~ so we are told. Pished = really drunk (we all got pished - we all got really drunk).		* Pished - Tired…or so we are told. Pished = really drunk (we all got pished - we all got really drunk).
			* Schemie - An unpleasant person.
			* Scuggan - A really unpleasant person.
	* Scunner - A generally unpleasant person.		* Scunner - A generally unpleasant person.
	* Scuggan - A really unpleasant person.		* Ships - Woolly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Easily confused with the other kind.
	* Ships - ~~Wooly~~ things that eat grass and go 'baa'. ~~Not to be~~ confused with ~~sailing or boats~~.
	* Spavie - See Mudlin.		* Spavie - See Mudlin.
	* Spog - A leather ~~bag most Feegles have hanging from their~~ belt, ~~used in lieu~~ of ~~pockets~~.		* [[Special Sheep Liniment]] - Probably moonshine whisky.
			* Spog - A leather pouch, worn on the front of a Feegle's belt.
			* Steamie - Found only in the big Feegle mounds in the mountains, where there’s enough water to allow regular bathing; it’s a kind of sauna.
	* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.		* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.
	* Waily - general cry of despair.		* Waily - general cry of despair.
	* Wean - a juvenile pictsie no more than 3" tall.		* Wean - a juvenile pictsie no more than 3" tall.
	* Special Sheep Liniment - Probably moonshine whiskey

	In the Long Lake clan, the dialect is much stronger and harder to understand.		In the Long Lake clan, the dialect is much stronger and harder to understand.

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Added spog

2024-08-20T11:30:47Z

Dialect and language: Added spog

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	* Big Man - chief of the clan (usually the husband of the Kelda).		* Big Man - chief of the clan (usually the husband of the Kelda).
	* Blathers/blethers - rubbish, nonsense.		* Blathers/blethers - rubbish, nonsense.
	* Boggin - to be desperate, as in 'I'm boggin for a cup of tea.' (You would be gaggin for a cup of tea.)		* Boggin - to be desperate, as in 'I'm boggin for a cup of tea.' (You would be gaggin' for a cup of tea.)
	* Bunty - a weak person.		* Bunty - a weak person.
	* Carlin - an old woman, witch or not.		* Carlin - an old woman, witch or not.
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	* Ships - Wooly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Not to be confused with sailing or boats.		* Ships - Wooly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Not to be confused with sailing or boats.
	* Spavie - See Mudlin.		* Spavie - See Mudlin.
			* Spog - A leather bag most Feegles have hanging from their belt, used in lieu of pockets.
	* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.		* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.
	* Waily - general cry of despair.		* Waily - general cry of despair.

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Added wean

2024-08-19T22:54:29Z

Dialect and language: Added wean

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	* Big Man - chief of the clan (usually the husband of the Kelda).		* Big Man - chief of the clan (usually the husband of the Kelda).
	* Blathers/blethers - rubbish, nonsense.		* Blathers/blethers - rubbish, nonsense.
	* Boggin - to be desperate, as in 'I'm boggin for a cup of tea.(You would be gaggin for a cup of tea.)		* Boggin - to be desperate, as in 'I'm boggin for a cup of tea.' (You would be gaggin for a cup of tea.)
	* Bunty - a weak person.		* Bunty - a weak person.
	* Carlin - an old woman, witch or not.		* Carlin - an old woman, witch or not.
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	* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.		* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.
	* Waily - general cry of despair.		* Waily - general cry of despair.
			* Wean - a juvenile pictsie no more than 3" tall.
	* Special Sheep Liniment - Probably moonshine whiskey		* Special Sheep Liniment - Probably moonshine whiskey

Myk Streja: /* Dialect and language */ Added tattiebogle

2024-08-19T22:31:55Z

Dialect and language: Added tattiebogle

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	* Ships - Wooly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Not to be confused with sailing or boats.		* Ships - Wooly things that eat grass and go 'baa'. Not to be confused with sailing or boats.
	* Spavie - See Mudlin.		* Spavie - See Mudlin.
			* Tattiebogle - Scarecrow, not to be mistaken for a bigjob.
	* Waily - general cry of despair.		* Waily - general cry of despair.
	* Special Sheep Liniment - Probably moonshine whiskey		* Special Sheep Liniment - Probably moonshine whiskey

Guybrush: /* Chalk Hill Clan */ Added name for the Old Kelda

2023-12-08T00:51:13Z

Chalk Hill Clan: Added name for the Old Kelda

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	* [[Hamish]] the Aviator - scout and messenger.		* [[Hamish]] the Aviator - scout and messenger.
	* [[No-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock-Jock]] - younger, apprentice Gonnagle.		* [[No-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock-Jock]] - younger, apprentice Gonnagle.
	* ~~Old~~ [[Kelda]] - Mother of Rob Anybody, Wullie and Fion, among others. Died after 70 years in charge.		* [[Maeve]] - the old [[Kelda]] of the Chalk Hills clan. Mother of Rob Anybody, Wullie and Fion, among others. Died after 70 years in charge.
	* [[William the Gonnagle]] - old Gonnagle; originally from the old Kelda's clan, somewhere in the Ramtops.		* [[William the Gonnagle]] - old Gonnagle; originally from the old Kelda's clan, somewhere in the Ramtops.
	* [[Wee Dangerous Spike]] - a younger, inexperienced Feegle, likely one of Rob’s first sons.		* [[Wee Dangerous Spike]] - a younger, inexperienced Feegle, likely one of Rob’s first sons.

Guybrush: /* Chalk Hill Clan */ Added Wee Honeymouth Jock from I Shall Wear Midnight

2023-03-29T03:39:49Z

Chalk Hill Clan: Added Wee Honeymouth Jock from I Shall Wear Midnight

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	* Old [[Kelda]] - Mother of Rob Anybody, Wullie and Fion, among others. Died after 70 years in charge.		* Old [[Kelda]] - Mother of Rob Anybody, Wullie and Fion, among others. Died after 70 years in charge.
	* [[William the Gonnagle]] - old Gonnagle; originally from the old Kelda's clan, somewhere in the Ramtops.		* [[William the Gonnagle]] - old Gonnagle; originally from the old Kelda's clan, somewhere in the Ramtops.
	* [[Wee Dangerous Spike]] - a younger, inexperienced Feegle.		* [[Wee Dangerous Spike]] - a younger, inexperienced Feegle, likely one of Rob’s first sons.
	* Wee Bobby		* Wee Bobby
	* Medium Size Jock		* Medium Size Jock
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	* Slightly Mad Angus		* Slightly Mad Angus
	* Slightly-Thinner-than-Fat-Jock-Jock		* Slightly-Thinner-than-Fat-Jock-Jock
			* Wee Honeymouth Jock

	=== Long Lake Clan ===		=== Long Lake Clan ===