general jack o'niell wrote:turns the name of an old local shoe shop into a curious question that does!!!
Wid that be the wan between Hodge's and Mrs Paterson's?
witchnettle wrote:my mum used to always tell me to go ben the kitchen to the press and get a cup oot.
not sure if ben and press are particular to kintyre or not,
but thought they were worth a mention on here
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EMDEE wrote:I think there was a previous thread on Kintyre words way back somewhere. Maybe it would be an idea to compile a Kintyre word and phrasebook. To my knowledge this has never been done as such. I know that Angus Martin and Freddy Gillies both have sections in their books on the language of Kintyre, and I found their analysis very interesting.
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