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Thread #138412   Message #3167813
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
09-Jun-11 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Subject: RE: Info Required: Highland terms
For a start they're not Highland, but Lowland. The literary form of the language is often known as Lallans.

Leeze me is I like or love (German 'lieb ist mir'),
bonnie is beautiful (French 'bon')
weel is well
herry is harry, the verb.
louns are boys
laigh is low
and Countrie is country.