The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44400   Message #653575
Posted By: weepiper
19-Feb-02 - 04:17 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Shearing's Not for You
Subject: RE: The Shearing's not for you
'Loon' means 'lad' e.g. everything from small boy to strapping 20-something... overheard at a caravan park by an Aberdeenshire man talking to the owner about the wardens, both about 25: "ah, ye've got twa gweed loons there" - 'those are two fine lads'