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Thread #47074   Message #2365197
Posted By: GUEST,WillieM
13-Jun-08 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Scots Rhyming Slang???
Subject: RE: BS: Scots Rhyming Slang???
Re Scabby Douglas's entry for 3 May, should it not be "Crossmaluif" with the "French "eu" sound, perhaps a hangover from the Auld Alliance. That's the pronunciation I remember from my Glasgow sojourn 1959-66.