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Thread #11381   Message #2762591
Posted By: MGM·Lion
09-Nov-09 - 04:32 AM
Thread Name: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
Subject: RE: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
Has anyone else an opinion on this discussion between Anne & me, as to whether "tyum uns" in 'Jowl & Listen' is a corruption of "the empty ones" as she thinks, or is a variant of the Scottish word "toom" = "empty" [pronounced with short 'oo' as in e.g. Yorks way of saying 'mum'], as used in Child #210 'Bonnie James Campbell', as I contend may well be the case?