LL-L: "Romance connection" LOWLANDS-L, 05.MAY.2000 (09) [E]

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From: Sandy fleming [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: "Romance connection"

> From: Thomas [t.mcrae at uq.net.au]
> Subject:  LL-L: "Morphology" LOWLANDS-L, 03.MAY.2000 (06) [E]

> was French settlement at least around Edinburgh, partuclarly during the
> reign of Marie de Guise, out of this many words crept into Lowland Scots.
> Most notorious would have to be "Gardyloo!" yelled by folks throwing slops
> from high windows into the street below until around the early
> 19th century.
> One ignored this warning at one's peril, iIt originated from "Gardez a
> l'haut"....'Look out from on high'

We were told at school that this was from "garde à l'eau", which might
explain better the frequency of the usage - every time someone used the
"chanty", to be precise!

> from assiette. Normal folks refer to small onions with edible long green
> stalks as 'spring onions' the Scots call them "Siebiz" a good
> match for the French 'soubise'.

It's the other way round, actually - normal folks call them "sybies"
(['s at ibIz], singular "sybie" ['s at ibI]), everybody else calls them spring
onions  ;)

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
http://www.fleimin.demon.co.uk

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