Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Dale: is this article posted somewhere on the 'net, or would it be possible to get a copy somehow? I am interested in this topic, and I would love to read your article.

Many thanks,

Todd
You can find it here:

http://swordforum.com/articles/hes/highlandscots.php

Please keep the following in mind: (1) These years later I know a bit more, such as that my late Irish friend's theory about the origin of the word "dirk" is linguistically impossible; and (2) the article isn't meant to be rigorously academic, so no sources & footnotes though what I have there is easily verifiable.