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Thread #11381   Message #2762643
Posted By: GUEST,Guest
09-Nov-09 - 07:16 AM
Thread Name: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
Subject: RE: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
'Teum' or 'tyum' is the NE English version of Scots 'toom' meaning empty. It's in many ballads.
Compare byeuk for book, cyek for cake. Tyum uns has also been shortened to chummins.
While toom means empty it is etymologically distinct, Scandinavian in origin for all I know.