Haud Yer Wheesht!: Your Scottish Granny's Favorite Sayings

by Allan Morrison

Book Overview

This collection of pearls of wisdom contains those sayings which only Scots grannies seem able to utter. Subtitles for those in need of an English version accompany each saying. Over 130,000 copies... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897784600
• ISBN13: 9781897784600
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.2" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Funny lines.

This is a great series of books. I thoroughly enjoyed them. It brought back memories of my childhood in Scotland.

A Great Wee Tome to Pick up the Lein

I love Allan Morrison's wee little books with Scottish colloquialisms. This one is quite a little gem, especially if you're trying SASL. (Scots As a Second Language ;-) It's neat, compact, cute, hilarious, easily fits in your pocket and comes complete with a glossary (something curiously lacking in some other Scottish tomes). I'd also like to add that learning even a handful of these little sayings to memory will endear you to any Scot. A couple of favorites: "De ye think I'm up the Clyde on a bike?" (Do you think I'm an idiot?) "Sodgers wi' big guns beat sodgers wi' pretty dresses." (Being practical is more important than being presentable) "Som would flay a louse fer it's skin." (Some people are so mean that they'd skin a flea for it's skin). A true delight, well worth the money and easy to understand. A charming volume for anyone studying Scots.

nice giftie for your friend

More of a humorous look on Scotland and the oddball sayings you heard your Gran pronounce at every turn. Billed as "gannies' common sense", Scottish grannies are known for taking every thing in stride and always have a saying for each situation. The wee look into these staid philosophises that anchored a way of life is a delight. Accompanying the sayings are cute pen and ink cartoons. This slim book has over 500 sayings and is a great present for that Yank with Scottish roots!