This Scots form of hotel is recorded in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) through a number of 19th-century examples. Sir Walter Scott wrote in St Ronan’s Well (1824): “They maun hae a ...
What would ye twa cotters ken o’ battle, eh? I bet ye Lallybroch tumshies will turn arse and run at first blast o’ cannon fire… Pithy Scots brogue and throwaway insults punctuate Outlander, the ...