scottish pet names

[Immi666]

i'm writing a story with a scottish character and i need to know what sort of pet names a scottish male would use, he's around 25 years old. like honey, sweetheart, princess. that sort of thing. any ideas?

[saxy_jag]

lass? lassie?

[Kim A]

A surveyor that I worked with, who came from Glasgow, used to call all females 'hen', or 'hin', regardless of age.

[Immi666]

thanks guys. this is the sort of thing i'm looking for.

[kick3m0n]

please god, not lass or lassie. Not unless you're writing a novel about very old scottish people lmao

"hen" is very common, as is "pet" and infact "doll" is often used too, but that's perhaps a slightly more glaswegian (and dare I say, neddish) phrase than scotland-wide

[yinyang]

I would say the ones mentioned above are more Scottish terms for women in general. I assume you mean a name for this character to call his wife/girlfriend, in which case it's most likely to be a private name thought up between them as it would be for a couple from any other part of the world.My husband and I are both Scottish and our pet names would not in any way reveal where we come from. We do also use honey and darling and all the usual ones - Scottish people do speak the same language as people in England !:~)
Couples all over the world think up ridiculous pet names like 'snugglybunny' or 'fluffychops'.
This may be just the part of Scotland I'm in - would be interested to hear what others have to say.

[Lore]

My fiance calls me a numpty but I'm not so sure it's an affectionate term! :o/

[wee-janine]

I think it depends on where and when the story will be set as the language has changed over the years.

[bonbon28]

I agree with you yinyang, we do use pet names that don't let on where we are from.

Where I'm from in Scotland, 'Doll' is very common.

[rhona_j]

I wouldn't really have said 'Doll' would be a pet name though. It's more what workies shout at women as they walk past a site.
But then I was going to say 'Snowy', until I read the question again and realised you weren't actually looking for a pet (dog or cat!) name!

[violetblue]

Hen was a very common pet name with the women customers when I worked in a call centre.

[mosesg]

In the North East of Scotland they use the term Loons & Quines for Boys & Girls !!!!!

[Alibobs]

I knew of a scottish girl who was obsessed with going home time at work. We used to call her Och, Jock the Speaking Clock!!
I think Hen is good

[Matheous]

To 'Lore'.....Numpty is NOT affectionate -but more akin to idiot!