thing - 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.
thing ~ some; an amount (There’s nae coal in the hoose, but there’s thing oot in the shade); sort, kind (A niver liked the broon shugger, A wud rether hae the white thing); derog. a person (Daenae cock yer neb at me, ye thing ye!); sl. a girl (He’s still gan wae thon wee thing frae Mosside). a’ the yin thing (see a’). it’s yin thing’s naw it’s one thing that isn’t (esp. available: It’s yin thing’s naw in the shap). mak a thing o (see mak). that’s anither thing here’s a further point, matter, etc. the thing the point; the matter at issue (But sure that’s jaist the thing). the yin thing the same subject (We’r a’ takkin aboot the yin thing); the one end (They’r a’ efter the yin thing). thing-ma-jeeg thingumajig (see doins).
