Couldn't be bothered.

Yesterday at CHSS I steamed things for close to three hours, with frequent breaks for coffee, biscuits, and refilling the hot water supply. If I actually worked retail, I would have been upset at steaming clothing for such a long time, but as it's volunteer work I find I don't mind. A lot of things are like that. (Also, steaming trousers or skirts is fine, but I dislike steaming blouses/shirts. A lot.)

Today I did a lot of odd jobs. I combed the bookshelves looking for a replacement book for a boxed set of Wilson Smith (?) novels. I took some items out from the front (culling?). I spent a long time choosing outfits for the mannequins, and I did up the front window! Again, something I would not have enjoyed quite so much had I been paid.

It's nice working in that shop. The women are definitely genuinely Scottish. They say a lot of very Scottish things, and especially on the phone I can't understand them nearly so well. I think they tone it down when talking to me, and I have to censor my own Americanisms out because mostly I've had to rephrase when I do use them.
-to ken is to know, as in "You ken what I mean."
-a hen is a familiar word for a woman. It can be used as a term of endearment, today I was told, "Would you like a cuppa, my hen?". Or you can have a night out with the hens, with the girlfriends.

Also, the Assistant Manager yesterday asked me if I had a favorite pub. That was a little awkward, I don't think that question would be asked back home by a supervisor so much older.

-Braces are suspenders. Suspenders are garters. Garters are used for knee socks.
...Important information when you want the men's product used to hold up trousers. Don't ask a group of guys if they have suspenders you can borrow, only those familiar with the American usage won't snigger/act offended.
-"Consolidants" are adhesives? I think?
-the famous Egyptian pharoah Tutankamun is pronounced "too-tank-ham-OON"
-status as "state-us"

Scottish soil is extremely acidic and breaks artefacts down rapidly, so it is difficult to find remains of the past. There are exceptions to this, of course, most notably peat bogs. It is taken for granted that everyone in the class has firsthand experience with peat bogs.
I am learning more about the Scottish climate through Archaeology class than I ever expected. Don't think it rivals what I know about VA, but it's still quite a bit.

Other common words: pile (a lot of stuff), bit (thingy, or in "wee bit"), ehm (umm), squiggly (especially "squiggly bits"), squashed, ace (good).

One of my favorite phrases: "Can't be bothered." It means "I just don't want to, I don't feel like it."
"I was meant to do my maths work, but I couldn't be bothered."
"She couldn't be bothered to eat dinner with me."
This phrase is going to stick.