"Useful Term" list

**Pour1Malt** · 19th February 07, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by paulhenry

wouldn't it be better if we actually used our own words/explainations, rather than using cut and paste wikipedia- which many of us are very hesitant about trusting.
After all, a google search provides large quantities of results, from many sources, from which we can read through and learn that way?

that is why ai wuz re-postin the info here...

ai see nothin wrang wi' cut an paste if the info is correct...

saves time re-writin'...

but- aye, we will have tae write it oot if it is a new word...(see "spurse" abin)

arr if correct info cannae bae found...

**Dreadbelly** · 19th February 07, 10:29 AM

What about those horrible Belly Bonnets and their nefarious Calypso Curse?

**Pour1Malt** · 19th February 07, 10:39 AM

yin o' ma favs...

Rabble

A group of three or more men in kilts.

Etymology

Discussed and voted on (though not unanimously)by Xmarks The Scot Members.

Butterflies also come in 'rabbles'... a group of kilts have obvious similarity of movement to a group of butterflies...

**Pour1Malt** · 19th February 07, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

What about those horrible Belly Bonnets and their nefarious Calypso Curse?

aye- write the definition Dreadfou® yin!

**Mike1** · 19th February 07, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

ai see nothin wrang wi' cut an paste if the info is correct...

Unless the information is protected by copyright, so gang wary with the cut-n-paste. We don't need those kinds of problems.

**Pour1Malt** · 19th February 07, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Mike1

Unless the information is protected by copyright, so gang wary with the cut-n-paste. We don't need those kinds of problems.

aye- ai thought that wuz obvious... but yur richt ya ken!

**Pour1Malt** · 19th February 07, 11:59 AM

come oan lads an lassies- write a definition fur us...

ai'm no gaein tae dae them a'...

Balmoral Bonnet

The Balmoral Bonnet is a traditional Scottish cap that can be worn with or without Scottish Highland Dress. It is named after Balmoral Castle, a Royal residence in Scotland.

Its original form was a sort of brimless cap with a high-walled rim and a soft floppy crown. It later changed to have a lower rim and a larger, floppier crown making it resemble a sailor's tally cap. It has tapes in the rim to secure it tightly and they are worn at the back of the cap. A black bow (originally a field sign symbolizing the wearer's loyalty to the House of Hanover) or a regimental or clan badge is worn on the off side of the rim.

It traditionally was blue or navy blue in color with a colored toorie (pompom) set in the middle of the crown and with or without a diced border (usually red-and-white check) around the rim.