LL-L "Administrativa" 2002.02.20 (08) [E]

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From: Colin Wilson <lcwilson at starmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Administrativa" 2002.02.19 (08) [Ap/E]

At 08:42 20/02/02, Sandy Fleming wrote:

>>I think in Scots we have the choice between borrowing the
>>modern English word "guidelines":
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>>Scots (Mainland): "Rules an Guidelines (in English)"
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>>or reviving an older word (though much used in the literature,
>>eg in Sir Walter Scott's books, so not inappropriate as written
>>Scots):
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>>Scots (Mainland): "Rules an Wycins (in English)"
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>>To "wyce" somebody is to guide them in a particular direction.

Another possibility for "guideline" is the farming term _feerin_.
This a line made carefully in a field before ploughing begins, and sets
the orientation which is followed during actual ploughing.

In a very literal sense this is a guideline, although the fact that
the term is mainly used among farming people may make it less suitable.

"Rules an feerins", anyone?

Colin Wilson.

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