use-u-al

Updated: May 25, 2025

Gang for the brandy to your twa John Gourla's. We're a pair for a woman to be proud of!" He gazed after his wife as she tottered to the pantry. "Your skirt's on the gape, auld wife," he sang; "your skirt's on the gape; as use-u-al," he drawled; "as use-u-al. It was always like that; and it always scunnered me, for I aye liked things tidy though I never got them.

George Douglas Brown - The House with the Green Shutters