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1. Surrounded By Zulus - Member

   Which spelling is it?

   Posted 8 months ago #
2. stuartie_c - Member

   "Boak".

   As in, "Jeeezus! That wid gie ye the boak!"

   Posted 8 months ago #
3. crikey - Member

   I think you need a Scottish fellow to answer properly, I'm aware of the word, but here we say gip, with a hard G.

   Posted 8 months ago #
4. cullen-bay - Member

   I tend towards "Boak" although, if i suddenly come across something, i may accidentally "Boke" instead of "Boak"

   Posted 8 months ago #
5. hels - Member

   The Dictionary of the Scots language lists the following variants:

   BOCK, BOKE, Bok, Bokk, Boak, bukk, Book

   Posted 8 months ago #
6. Surrounded By Zulus - Member

   Had a woman today who gave me the proper dry boak. Coughing bits of lung up and all sorts.

   Posted 8 months ago #
7. stuartie_c - Member

   "Had"?

   Posted 8 months ago #
8. gusamc - Member

   'The Original Patter' lists both.

   Posted 8 months ago #
9. Surrounded By Zulus - Member

   Aye, had. Whichever definition of the word you choose to use.

   Posted 8 months ago #
10. fisha - Member

    west cost of scotland accents would shorten it to boke, east coast accents would more likely be boak.

    it'd gi me the dry boke

    Posted 8 months ago #
11. BoardinBob - Member

    Boak

    Posted 8 months ago #
12. Stu_N - Member

    +1 for Boak.

    Posted 8 months ago #
13. senor j - Member

    What about bawk?

    Posted 8 months ago #
14. Cougar - Member

    Bokeh.

    Posted 8 months ago #
15. santacruzsi - Member

    Hmmm not sure, one of my friends from Belfast uses that word a lot - i'll enquire!

    Posted 8 months ago #
16. santacruzsi - Member

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boak

    Urban Dictionary says 'Boak' so it must be true....

    Or you could go here... http://www.boakesfuneralhome.com/

    Posted 8 months ago #
17. Nobeerinthefridge - Member

    Boak.

    As in Tracey Emins face.

    Posted 8 months ago #
18. CharlieMungus - Member

    Bokeh or bukkake

    Posted 8 months ago #
19. Cougar - Member

    You're confusing background and foreground there.

    Posted 8 months ago #
20. Garry_Lager - Member

    Boke.

    Ref: Munro, M. in 'The Complete Patter', Edinburgh, Birlinn, 2006, pp 22-23.

    Posted 8 months ago #
21. sssimon - Member

    westcoast and across to us in norn irn it's got to be BOKE

    Posted 8 months ago #
22. TandemJeremy - Member

    boak

    Posted 8 months ago #
23. Woody - Member

    Had a woman today who gave me the proper dry boak. Coughing bits of lung up and all sorts.

    My favourites are the coconut with liquorice centres.

    Posted 8 months ago #
24. seosamh77 - Member

    boak!

    Posted 8 months ago #

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