[Ads-l] James Hogg's "brankie," n.

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> O fie, Mackay, what gart ye lie i' the bush ayont the brankie, _O_?


That's a hypercorrection of "yo," right? ;-)

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