Oor Wullie (English: Our Willie) is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post. It features a character called Wullie; Wullie is a Scots nickname for boys named William, equivalent to Willie.

Tony Roper was cast as Paw, Gregor Fisher played Maw, Elaine C. Smith portrayed the Bairn, Jonathan Watson appeared as Joe, and Louise Beattie appeared as Horace, with the other family members (and Oor Wullie) mentioned in passing. The sketch revolved around Paw's naivety in the modern world and his inability to move with the times, not even ...

A fun guide to learning Scots for primary teachers and pupils with DC Thomson's iconic character, Oor Wullie. All activities have been mapped to the Curriculum for Exellence.

Characters and Story. Wullie's home town is unnamed in the original Watkins strips, but it has been called Auchenshoogle since the late 1990s. In Watkins' earlier scripts, his attempt at Scots dialect was inaccurate, but later it became an accurate depiction of Dundee dialect.

Nov 3, 2024 · Oor Wullie (English: Our Willie) is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post. It features a character called Wullie; Wullie is the familiar Scots nickname for boys named William.

Oor Wullie is a precocious little kid who carries a bucket which he frequently uses as a seat. He lives in a Scottish town called Auchenshoogle, which he spends his days roaming with his gang, Fat Bob, Wee Eck, Soapy Soutar and Primrose Paterson.

Dudley Dexter Watkins (27 February 1907 – 20 August 1969) was an English cartoonist and illustrator. [1][2] He is best known for his characters Oor Wullie and The Broons; comic strips featuring them have appeared in the Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post since 1936, along with annual compilations.

Scottish newspaper strip character created by Dudley Watkins. Debuting on 8th March 1936, his misadventures have appeared on a weekly basis in the Sunday Post right into the modern day.

Oor Wullie 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 ...

Dec 30, 2007 · There can be few Scots of a certain age who don't remember waiting their turn on a Sunday morning to devour the Fun Section of the Sunday Post - the weekly fix of The Broons, Oor Wullie, Nosey Parker, Lord Snooty, and the collection of terrible jokes.