It’s been a very hot few days here so, for today’s word, I’m turning to The Doric. This is the dialect spoken in the North East of Scotland. My dad was originally from Aberdeen so many Doric words are familiar to me.
I’ve heard the phrases, ‘ower hot’ meaning too hot and ‘bilein hot, meaning boiling hot. Glancing through Doric for Beginners by Karen Barrett-Ayres, I found a word I’d never heard of to describe the heat. ‘Plottin’ means unusually hot, which it’s certainly been this week. On the news last night, one of the presenters reminded us it’s still spring, not summer.
What words do you use to describe hot weather? I look forward to hearing from you.
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I was working over the weekend and a word I used when someone asked me what the weather was like, was ‘sultry’.
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Ooh yes, it’s been very sultry! I like it.
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I don’t have a word for hot weather Barbara
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Everyone here seems to use ‘hot’, usually accompanied with the shake of a head. (I live in Cumbria!)
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