LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.07.06 (08) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Lexicon" [E]

> From: Ruth & Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.07.05 (06) [E]
>
> Dear Sandy Fleming & All,
>
> Subject: "Lexicon" [E]
>
> > Some common terminology involving 'brae'.
>
> It's no surprise to me how developed a terminology the Scots have on every
> kind & context or degree of 'slope'.
> is there any level place in that country at all - apart from the courtyard
> before Holyrood Castle?

It's not called the Lowlands for nothing! There are many flat, arable areas.

Large flat areas are called "plains" as in English, eg the Lothian Plain.

A low-lying region amongst hills (a hollow as in Sleepy Hollow) is called a
"howe", eg the Howe o Fife, the Howe o Auchterless.

A small, flat low-lying area, perhaps as small as a few fields, is called a
"hauch", usually written "Haugh" on maps, eg the North Haugh in St Andrews,
Fife.

A fertile low-lying region in a glaciated valley with a river running
through the middle is called a "carse", eg the Carse o Gowrie.

A flat arable area that has been turned into fields is called "meedaes"
(cognate with English "meadows"), eg "The Meedaes" - the plot of fields to
the west of my own village.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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