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| − | Oor Wullie ('Our Willie') is a long-running comic strip published in the Scottish family newspaper the [[Sunday Post]]. It charts the adventures of a small boy in small town Scotland (the fictional town of ''Auchenshoogle''), with his friends Soapy Souter, Fat Boab and Wee Eck. Other characters include the local policeman P.C. Murdoch, and Wullie's would-be girlfriend Primrose Patterson. Members of [[The Broons]] occasionally appear as minor characters. Wullie's favourite clothes are his dungarees | + | Oor Wullie ('Our Willie') is a long-running comic strip published in the Scottish family newspaper the [[Sunday Post]]. It charts the adventures of a small boy in small town Scotland (the fictional town of ''Auchenshoogle''), with his friends Soapy Souter, Fat Boab and Wee Eck. Other characters include the local policeman P.C. Murdoch, and Wullie's would-be girlfriend Primrose Patterson. Members of [[The Broons]] occasionally appear as minor characters. Wullie's favourite clothes are his dungarees, worn with clacketty boots, and he is often depicted sitting on an upturned bucket in the yard of his long-suffering parents' house, waiting for his favourite meal of mince and dumplings or eating a 'jeely piece' (jam sandwich). Much of the dialogue is conducted in [[Scots]], and his expostulations ('Help ma boab!' 'Crivvens!' and 'Jings!' have become indelibly associated with him) |
[[Category:Comic Strips]] | [[Category:Comic Strips]] | ||
[[Category:Scottish Culture]] | [[Category:Scottish Culture]] | ||
Revision as of 14:05, January 11, 2008
Oor Wullie ('Our Willie') is a long-running comic strip published in the Scottish family newspaper the Sunday Post. It charts the adventures of a small boy in small town Scotland (the fictional town of Auchenshoogle), with his friends Soapy Souter, Fat Boab and Wee Eck. Other characters include the local policeman P.C. Murdoch, and Wullie's would-be girlfriend Primrose Patterson. Members of The Broons occasionally appear as minor characters. Wullie's favourite clothes are his dungarees, worn with clacketty boots, and he is often depicted sitting on an upturned bucket in the yard of his long-suffering parents' house, waiting for his favourite meal of mince and dumplings or eating a 'jeely piece' (jam sandwich). Much of the dialogue is conducted in Scots, and his expostulations ('Help ma boab!' 'Crivvens!' and 'Jings!' have become indelibly associated with him)
