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Is it Boke or Boak?
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Posted 8 months ago #
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"Boak".
As in, "Jeeezus! That wid gie ye the boak!"
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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.
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I tend towards "Boak" although, if i suddenly come across something, i may accidentally "Boke" instead of "Boak"
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The Dictionary of the Scots language lists the following variants:
BOCK, BOKE, Bok, Bokk, Boak, bukk, Book
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Had a woman today who gave me the proper dry boak. Coughing bits of lung up and all sorts.
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"Had"?
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'The Original Patter' lists both.
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Aye, had. Whichever definition of the word you choose to use.
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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
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Boak
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+1 for Boak.
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What about bawk?
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Bokeh.
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Hmmm not sure, one of my friends from Belfast uses that word a lot - i'll enquire!
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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/
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Boak.
As in Tracey Emins face.
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Bokeh or bukkake
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You're confusing background and foreground there.
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Boke.
Ref: Munro, M. in 'The Complete Patter', Edinburgh, Birlinn, 2006, pp 22-23.
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westcoast and across to us in norn irn it's got to be BOKE
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boak
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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 # -
boak!
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