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  2. List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin - Wikipedia

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    Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...

  3. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    Comments from Today’s Crossword Constructor. Olivia: This was a fun one! I was actually able to give shoutouts to my top 3 films of all time in this puzzle: My Cousin Vinny (an absolute classic ...

  4. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    USA TODAY’s Daily Crossword Puzzles Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for December 18, 2024 by Sally Hoelscher

  5. Puzzle solutions for Friday, Nov. 29, 2024

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    usa today November 29, 2024 at 2:12 AM Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.

  6. Scots language - Wikipedia

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    Scots [note 1] is a language variety descended from Early Middle English in the West Germanic language family.Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, the Northern Isles of Scotland, and northern Ulster in Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots), it is sometimes called: Lowland Scots, to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language that was historically ...

  7. Shetland dialect - Wikipedia

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    It is derived from the Scots dialects brought to Shetland from the end of the fifteenth century by Lowland Scots, mainly from Fife and Lothian, [6] with a degree of Norse influence [7] [8] [9] from the Norn language, which is an extinct North Germanic language spoken on the islands until the late 18th century. [10]

  8. List of English words of Scots origin - Wikipedia

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    literally "stinking", from Scots "to ming". plaid From Gaelic plaide or simply a development of ply, to fold, giving plied then plaid after the Scots pronunciation. pony Borrowed from obsolete French poulenet (little foal) from Latin pullāmen. raid scone Probably from Dutch schoon. shinny Pond or street hockey in Canada.

  9. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: