The phrase "a laddie" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in informal contexts to refer to a young boy or young man, often in a friendly or affectionate manner.
Example: "The little laddie ran around the park, laughing and playing with his friends."
Alternatives: "a boy" or "a young man".
Just as millions of years of evolution have had a minimal effect on our primitive instincts, give a laddie civilisation, education, emigration and integration and he's still a tartan troglodyte.
A rhyme, he said, could be chanted during warm-ups to maintain rhythm and help morale: "When I was a laddie I lived with me Grannie and many a hiding me Grannie gae me, but noo am a mannie, I hammer me Grannie – it serves her right for hammering me". (variants, presumably, were available for those uncomfortable with north-eastern dialect).
A Laddie in France is Dreaming (Little Girlie of You).
His son ended up that rare contemporary figure: an unironic, unsentimental optimist, one who can write a poem called "To 'Yes, an ode to the affirmative aspect of life -- Yes to the finality of the brightness / And to the enduring qualities of the lark -- and not seem like a silly laddie for a second.
"I was a young laddie the last time at France '98 so it would be a special place for every Scotland fan.
Because we've asked the experts... "Aye, storm's a comin', laddie!
"He is a nervous laddie, so what I tell Brathwaite is to just hold his pose and he's going to bowl a couple of full tosses, as always, and it will work in our favour.
"The New Tom Green Show" is MTV's first foray into the world of late-night comedy shows, and needless to say the show has a decidedly laddie feel, more Maxim than GQ.
In this instance, however, your eyes do not deceive you: the recipe for this so very good, very shivery bite – the joyful tuckbox treat – is indeed made, set in a tin and covered, then despatched to the fridge overnight to set, becoming, the following day, refrigerator cake, or fridge cake as I knew it as a wee laddie.
"He was a happy laddie, not depressed and the last type of person you would think would take their life.
His mother told reporters after his death: "He was a happy laddie, not depressed and the last type of person you would think would take their life... We're a very close family and I just wished he had come to me and said something".
