How To Speak Like Bucko Bigbones

by biacebaolck

You are in a mysterious realm, where imaginary characters come to life, Bucko Bigbones is there to greet you and he'll show you how to speak just like him. Flames accepted and laughed at.

Disclaimer: I don't own Redwall though I wish I did. Brian Jacques (bless him and may he live a long life) owns Redwall.

Resources: Brian Jacques's 'Lord Brocktree'.

Authors' Note: We've tried our best to write this, so don't go telling us off. We wrote this so that people would know how to write fanfiction with Bucko Bigbones in it and so that the people could read this to understand whatever Bucko Bigbones is saying in 'Backlash's Story'.

If you can't find a word in here that you need (you see, we only put the ones in from the book), just e-mail biacebaolck and we'll see what we can do to help.

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How to Speak like Bucko Bigbones

By: biacebaolck & Blackbolt52003

"Ah'm Bucko Bigbones, the wild March Hare from the Northern Mountains." A big-boned hare says, walking up to you. "D'ye ken that the accent hares like mahself use are hard tae write? That's why they wrote it for ye!" He gives you a bunch of papers and you read them:

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A-

About- Aboot

Amidst- 'mist

And- An' or n'

Another- Anither

Anything- Anythin'

Aren't- Ain't

Arrow- Arrer

Away- Awa'

A word said often after questions- Eh

A word said often before sentences- Ach or Och

B-

Babies- Bairns

Beast- Beastie

Before- Afore

Big (whatever, it could be amazing or even good too, though)- Braw

Beating- Beatin'

Beautiful(I think)- Bonny

Behaving- Behavin'

Boy- Boyo

Bring- Brang

Broke- Breakits

C-

Can't you- Can ye no

Cannot- Can'nae

Captain- Cap'n

Coming- a comin'

Consuming- Consumin'

Couldn't- Couldnae

Crown- Croon

D-

Deserving- Deservin'

Do you- D'ye

Down- Doon

Drawing- Drawin'

E-

-None-

F-

Fellow- Feller

Food- Vittles

Footpaw- Fuitpaw

For- Fer

Forget- Ferget

From- Frae

G-

Getting- Gettin'

Girl- Lassie

Going- Goin' or Gan

Good- Guid

H-

Heads- Heids

Hold- Haud

Home- Hame

I-

I- Ah

I'd- Ah'd

I'll- Ah'll

I'm- Ah'm

Into- Intae

It- Et

It's- Tis or Et's

It was- 'twas

It will- 'twill

It would- 'twould

I've- Ah've

J-

Jogging- Joggin'

Just- Jist

K-

Killed- Kill't

Know- Ken

L-

Lad- Laddie

Lightning- Lightnin'

Little- Wee

Long- Lang

Longer- Langer

M-

Maybe- Mebbe

Miss- Missie

More- Mair

Mother- Mither

Moving- Movin

My- Mah

Myself- Mahself or Mahsel'

N-

Not- Nae or Nought or No' or No

Nothing- Naething

Now- Noo

O-

Of- o'

Old- Auld

One- 'un or Wan

Our- Oor

Out- Oot

Over- O'er

Own- Ain

P-

Prickle- Preckle

Probably- Prob'ly

Puffing- Puffin'

Q-

-None-

R-

Recognizing- Rekernise

Rushing- a rushin'

S-

Sitting- Settin'

Smart- Canny

So- Sae

Something- Somethin'

Stand- Stan'

Stripedog (in other words, another name for a badger)- Stripedawg

Sweating- Sweatin's

Swinging- Swingin'

T-

Them- 'em

To- Tae

Tonight- Taenight

To nurse- T'nurse

Trembling- Tremblin'

U-

-None-

V-

Very- Verra or Fair

W-

Wearing- Wearin'

Well- Weel

Wetting- Wettin'

Which or What- Whit

Will not- Willnae

With- Wi'

With it- Wi'it

Without- Wi'out

Wouldn't- Wouldnae or Widnae

X-

-None-

Y-

Yearning- Yearnin'

Yes or Yep- Aye

You- Ye

You'd- Ye'd

You'll- Ye'll

You're- Ye're

You are- Y'are

You've- Ye've

Your- Yer or Yon

Yourself- Yersel'

Z-

-None-

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When you look back up again, Bucko is still there, a twinkle in his eye. Keep it. His eyes tell you, and he disappears slowly until he's gone.

You raise an eyebrow but smile and leave the room, knowing that if you ever visited again, Bucko Bigbones would greet you, each and every time.