Post by littlepea on Apr 4, 2005 14:22:30 GMT -5
ok i'll go ahead and translate them then ;D (seeing as you asked me ... )
a flyer would aye hae a follower. - a flyer would always have a follower. i suppose it's talking about the sort of girl who plays hard to get and how it always fools the guys into falling for her ...
glowering is nae gainsaying. - glowering is not gainsaying. basically, if you give the girl nasty looks then you're not doing yourself any favours (i guess).
he that woos a maiden maun come seldom in her sight; he that woos a widow maun ply her day and night. - i can't figure this one out, to be honest. a maiden maun would be a young woman, i think, and a widow maun would be a widow (obviously) but i don't know what "ply her day and night" means (it could be quite rude ) and i don't see where "come seldom in her sight" comes from ... maybe it's saying that young women are very picky about who they see whereas widows are desperate for the attention of young men?
light maidens mak langing lads. - skinny women have lanky children. "lanky" means tall and skinny, sort of like jim carrey, maybe you would use the word "gangly" (he uses it in "liar liar" at least).
nipping and scarting is scotch folks' wooing. - nipping and scarting would be, like, hitting them and then running away giggling, like little children do when they like someone of the opposite sex. i suppose it's saying that scottish people aren't sophisticated in courting - but hey, we don't exactly have the best accent for it ;D
sunday's wooing draws to ruin. - this is probably just a superstition about doing stuff on sundays, but then it might also be referring to flirting with women in church ...
the lass that has many wooers often wails the warst. - the sort of girls who have loads of boyfriends (either at the same time or dump their man after a short period of time and quickly move on) are often the hardest to please, or more likely it's saying that they are often the most unhappy.
wha may woo without cost? - who may woo without cost? speaks for itself, perhaps something along the same lines as you never get something for nothing ...
when petticoats woo, breeks may come speed. - when a woman (petticoats) is looking for a man (breeks) she'll often find many willing suitors.
that's what i think they mean, but some of them are intentionally ambiguous.
PS. nobody actually speaks like this in scotland this sort of language is from way back in the old days - like comparing shakespeare to modern english.
a flyer would aye hae a follower. - a flyer would always have a follower. i suppose it's talking about the sort of girl who plays hard to get and how it always fools the guys into falling for her ...
glowering is nae gainsaying. - glowering is not gainsaying. basically, if you give the girl nasty looks then you're not doing yourself any favours (i guess).
he that woos a maiden maun come seldom in her sight; he that woos a widow maun ply her day and night. - i can't figure this one out, to be honest. a maiden maun would be a young woman, i think, and a widow maun would be a widow (obviously) but i don't know what "ply her day and night" means (it could be quite rude ) and i don't see where "come seldom in her sight" comes from ... maybe it's saying that young women are very picky about who they see whereas widows are desperate for the attention of young men?
light maidens mak langing lads. - skinny women have lanky children. "lanky" means tall and skinny, sort of like jim carrey, maybe you would use the word "gangly" (he uses it in "liar liar" at least).
nipping and scarting is scotch folks' wooing. - nipping and scarting would be, like, hitting them and then running away giggling, like little children do when they like someone of the opposite sex. i suppose it's saying that scottish people aren't sophisticated in courting - but hey, we don't exactly have the best accent for it ;D
sunday's wooing draws to ruin. - this is probably just a superstition about doing stuff on sundays, but then it might also be referring to flirting with women in church ...
the lass that has many wooers often wails the warst. - the sort of girls who have loads of boyfriends (either at the same time or dump their man after a short period of time and quickly move on) are often the hardest to please, or more likely it's saying that they are often the most unhappy.
wha may woo without cost? - who may woo without cost? speaks for itself, perhaps something along the same lines as you never get something for nothing ...
when petticoats woo, breeks may come speed. - when a woman (petticoats) is looking for a man (breeks) she'll often find many willing suitors.
that's what i think they mean, but some of them are intentionally ambiguous.
PS. nobody actually speaks like this in scotland this sort of language is from way back in the old days - like comparing shakespeare to modern english.