LL-L "Etymology" 2002.07.19 (05) [E]

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From: "Nigel Smith" <rnigelsmith at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.07.19 (03) [E]

Ron Hahn wrote:

> Interestingly, I could not find the word [_punnet_] in the
> _Chambers Concise Scots
> Dictionary_.  (Yes, I did look for alternative
> spelling. Perhaps not far
> enough?)  Could that mean that mean that _punnet_ is
> not Scots but comes
> from Scottish English, from Northumbrian or from
> certain English
> dialects?

Somehow I didn't get the start of this thread, so I may have missed some
essential point in the discussion, but as far as I am aware, _punnet_ is
an English word, not a Scots/Scottish English one. My wife, who is from
Lancashire, certainly does not regard it as a Scots/Scottish word. My
Chambers Dictionary, usually very good at identifying Scotticisms, makes
no comment about it.

On the other hand, it does SOUND like a Scots word, probably because of
the similarity to _bunnet_ 'cap'!

Nigel Smith

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