Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
There is also - in the same way that the short fellow in 'it ain't half hot mum' was called Lofty, a tendency for anyone approaching 6ft in height, particularly if they are by chance named Lowe, to be addressed as Low - whee (with a falling inflection). Examples of this is my son in law and his son.

Living in Yorkshire, as they do, there is still firstly the Scandinavian connection of low with short, and secondly the same sense of humour.

Anne the Pleater
Ironically, my genetics are 80% Scandinavian and Dutch/German. I bet my scottish side has scandaniavian. But I still want to explore as I have the lows traced to fife through 1600s. Which is why for kilts I want to connect to familu