lake(1) - 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.
lake1 ~ like. as lake as if he had sput him the spitting image of. a’ the laker resembling all the more (If A’m a big eater sure A’m a’ the laker yersel). lake A daenae know whut (as in She wuz spennin money lake A daenae know whut, etc.). lake a liltie (see liltie). lake anither boady (see boady). lake a stuck pig (of bleeding: The least wee tap on the nose an A blid lake a stuck pig). lake enugh probably. lake enugh ye typical of one. lake himsel, etc. (esp. of a corpse: Boys, isn’t he lake himsel!). lake hi-that (see hi-that). lake iz a’ as we all (have to do, etc.); like everyone else. laker having more resemblance to (She’s far laker the fether nor the mither). lake snow aff a dake (see dake). lake somethin shot at an missed (of a person) extremely shocked, startled, etc. lake the thing resembling the original (e.g. of a piece of mimicry: Isn’t it jaist lake the thing?); typical (The first time A didnae bak it, an it wuns: isn’t that jaist lake the thing!). mair lake the thing more like it; closer to the desired form or outcome (also mair laker). adv. exactly, so to speak, etc. (Somebody’ll fix me? Wha, lake? It haes naethin tae dae wae me, lake).