gut - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
gut ~ v. (as in) could gut ye (a measure of a person’s resentment or hatred). n. a paunch. guts the intestines; the works of a watch, etc. flog the guts ooty drive (a car, etc.) at great speed and destructively. sore guts indigestion; stomach-ache. the guts o (esp. of a task) the greater or most important part (That’s the guts o it daen noo). the worst word in yer guts the most hurtful or insulting remark one can think of (also mooth).
