Scottish Word of the Week

[Colr]

I like this feature but this is a new one on me

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/scottish-word-of-the-week-tartle-1-3819473

[Geo_1875]

Never heard it myself.

I tend to mumble swearwords under my breath when stuck for a name.

[--------]

Never heard it myself.

I tend to mumble swearwords under my breath when stuck for a name.


It's in the Concise Scots Dictionary, right enough. It can either mean what the boy says it means here, or a "tuft of hair or wool at an animal's tail which has become matted with excrement or mud" or the torn trailing edges of a dirty piece of cloth.

Never heard of it before.

[TRC]

My mum writes these as well as her workmate. If she did this one its amusing cause she is the worlds worst for forgetting peoples name.

[Colr]

Mirriam-Webster word of the day email is good.

I've yet to use palimpsest in a conversation, though.

[snooky]

Mirriam-Webster word of the day email is good.

I've yet to use palimpsest in a conversation, though.

How about in reference to "The Vow" :wink: