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British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also used to a limited extent in Anglophone countries such as India, Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, especially by British expatriates.
By the High Middle Ages the majority of people within Scotland spoke the Gaelic language, then simply called Scottish, or in Latin, lingua Scotica. [120] The Kingdom of Alba was overwhelmingly an oral society dominated by Gaelic culture.
Pictish is an extinct Brittonic Celtic language spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.Virtually no direct attestations of Pictish remain, short of a limited number of geographical and personal names found on monuments and early medieval records in the area controlled by the kingdoms of the Picts.
The record for most caber tosses in three minutes is currently held by Scottish teenager Andrew Murphie. He managed to perform 26 successful caber tosses on 23 June 2024 in Grantown on Spey, Scotland smashing the previous record of 16, which was set in Canada. Each caber was more than 5m (16ft) long and weighed more than 40kg (88lbs), and they ...
As significant as he is to the plot, he has fewer lines than the relatively insignificant Ross, a Scottish nobleman who survives the play. [12] In the second scene of the play, a wounded soldier describes the manner in which Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, and Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, resisted invading forces, fighting side by side.
Macbeth – a general in the army of King Duncan; originally Thane of Glamis, then Thane of Cawdor, and later king of Scotland; Lady Macbeth – Macbeth's wife, and later queen of Scotland; Banquo – Macbeth's friend and a general in the army of King Duncan; Fleance – Banquo's son; Macduff – Thane of Fife; Lady Macduff – Macduff's wife
Chub riding a motorbike. A chub is an overweight or obese gay man who identifies as being part of the chubby culture.Although there is some overlap between chubs and bears, chubs have their own distinct subculture and community. [1]
Slang for the police in German, slightly derogatory. Polyp, Polypen (plural) Slang for police officers in Germany. Polis Scottish slang for police (not to be confused with the exaggerated US pronunciation 'po-leece'). Once common in Ireland but rarely heard today except in a jocular sense. Ponda