#nyaff — Public Fediverse posts

“Very good. And after you had repeated the order, and again he refused, you charged him, and he became abusive?”
“Yessir.”
“What did he say?”
Baxter hesitated. “He called me a shilpit wee nyaff, sir.”
The president stirred. “He called you what?”
Baxter coloured slightly. “A shilpit wee nyaff, sir.”
The president looked at Prosecution. “Perhaps you can translate?”

—from “McAuslan’s Court-Martial”, by George MacDonald Fraser

#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #Scotstober #nyaff

Thair nyaff bledder wad nae win thaim ocht. Especially nae fit thay war langin fer.

---
(Ah'm nae native spikker.)

#Scotstober 2025-16t - #nyaff
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity

@DrMDempster @writingcommunity