tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post3815756862370282083..comments2023-09-08T12:52:51.441+01:00Comments on Country Strife: Words of Interest - CHARIDEEHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00021182162706868486noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post-58318595357818031822008-07-31T10:15:00.000+01:002008-07-31T10:15:00.000+01:00I am not an expert on such matters but believe any...I am not an expert on such matters but believe any new word has to have a certain take-up rate and make it into print in certain publications to be considered in common usage and therefore eligible for dictionary inclusion. Soccer a.m. (that the other half insists on watching) tried this with bouncebackability. <BR/>I believe Iceland is very anti diluting or enriching, depending on your point of view, their language. I was told their word for telephone is 'words that fly across the air' or some such description.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021182162706868486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post-91096037239466857542008-07-30T20:30:00.000+01:002008-07-30T20:30:00.000+01:00But language is all about making words up-that is ...But language is all about making words up-that is how it develops and <BR/>enrichens (another made up word!)Highheidyin has been around since Burns was smashed at the Black Bull and should be in any dictionary of choiceHuttonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934214452984245313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post-60903390672308554302008-07-30T12:50:00.000+01:002008-07-30T12:50:00.000+01:00Unfortunately highheidyin has not made it in to th...Unfortunately highheidyin has not made it in to the dictionary of choice. And as for lowheidyin I claim a googlewhack for it as your blog is the sole hit I got, except the rules probably mean it is invalid 'cos you made the word up. Of course now that I have quoted it it is probably no longer a googlewhack in any case...Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021182162706868486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post-2936818556792658922008-07-30T11:58:00.000+01:002008-07-30T11:58:00.000+01:00Would you be allowed Highheidyin-is Scottish diale...Would you be allowed Highheidyin-is Scottish dialect acceptable?Huttonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934214452984245313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post-79469841106266464562008-07-28T17:16:00.000+01:002008-07-28T17:16:00.000+01:00I don't think naething is in the same league as ch...I don't think naething is in the same league as charidee. Robert Burns will be making a ghost appearance, and he's doing it for charidee...Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021182162706868486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27411721.post-32900750691852578862008-07-28T15:35:00.000+01:002008-07-28T15:35:00.000+01:00what about the scottish naething, ch, etc?what about the scottish naething, ch, etc?Henry Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251739780131790424noreply@blogger.com