On 19/9/07 9:03 AM, "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Idling through a copy of a Scots dictionary which I happen to have, I
> came across the following delightful terms:
>
> funker: a horse or cow prone to kicking
> gamaleerie: big boned, lean, long-necked and awkward
= same as gaberlunzie?
> galravitiching: noisy riotous feasting
>
> buttock-mail: fine imposed by the church as a penalty for fornication
>
> wobble: to sell a drink without a license
>
> snister: a severe blast in the face
>
> snew: past tense of snow
>
Cf Ogden Nash (past tense of sneeze):
I sneezed a sneeze into the air
It fell to earth I know not where
But all around the looks were blue
In whose vicinity I snew.
I would have added houghmagandie to the list...
Max in Melbourne
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