Aboot – about
Ain – own
Ane – one (rhymes with “gain”)
Aught – anything
Aye – yes
Bairn – baby
Bodhran – (pronounced “bow-rawn”) a Celtic frame drum made of hard, circular wood with goat skin tacked to one side. It is supported on the body with hands and thigh and played with a wooden rod called a tipper.
Ceilidh – party
Curandera – a traditional native healer
Deid – dead
DFW – Dallas / Ft. Worth (Texas)
Didnae – did not, didn’t
Dinna – do not, don’t
DNA – Deoxyribonucleic acid
Dram – one sixteenth of an ounce (3.7 milliliters)
ER – emergency room
ETT – endotracheal tube, an artificial airway
Forbye – besides, in addition (to)
Gallóglaigh– Scottish mercenaries. The gallóglaigh arose in the mid-thirteenth century, originating on the western coast of Scotland, principally Argyll and the Western Isles (and believed to be the descendants of the Vikings). They were mighty warriors, famed for their strength and lack of compassion. There are references to them fighting in Ireland, Holland, Switzerland, France, and Sweden.
Gi’e – give
Gin – if (hard “g” sound)
GPS – global positioning system
Ha’e – have
Haes – has
Heid – head
Haud yer wheesht! – Be quiet!
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – A law which defines protected health information and provides for penalties for improper disclosure.
IV – intravenous
Keek – peek, look
Ken – understand
Kilts – a non-bifurcated garment extending from waist to mid-knee, with pleats at the back and a flap across the front, secured with belt, buckles, and pins. The traditional dress of Gaelic men in the Scottish Highlands, it is usually made of wool in a tartan pattern.
Mets– metastatic sites (cancer that has spread)
MIA – missing in action
Na – no
Nae or no– not
NCLEX – the licensing examination for nurses
Nyaff – little nuisance (as in a person)
Penannular – having the shape or design of an incomplete circle
Pipes – bagpipes
PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Q&A – question and answer
Reel – a fast dance tempo in Scottish Country Dancing, also the name of a figure in which the dancers move in and out of the line of dance.
Richt – right
Rink – Scottish word for “course,” used to describe the area where the game of curling is played
Slàinte– "good health"
Sporran – a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, a pouch that performs the same function as a pocket. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or chain, conventionally positioned in front of the groin of the wearer.
Strathspey – a slower, more stately dance tempo in Scottish Country Dancing, with the emphasis on grace, body position, and elegant footwork.
Tot – seventy-one milliliters (in the U.S., a “shot” of whisky is 30 milliliters)
TPN – Total Parenteral Nutrition
Triage – A method of classifying patients to determine priority
Verra – very
Wean – child (rhymes with “gain”) A combination of wee and ane.
Wee – small
Wee dram – an indeterminate quantity of alcohol
Wha – who
Worrit – worried