A Gaelic word meaning 'foreigner'. Depends where you are of course. In England here it could be applied to a Scot or many of our Menbers of Parliament :-) Best Regards Len Knott New Forest in Hampshire in the South of England >1 > A Gaelic word used by the Scots and Irish to refer to an English > person, and usually meant in an insulting way! > Shari in Ohio > >2 >Interesting. Cornish has a very similar word: Sawsnek-the English >language or a person from England. Apparently none of the Celts were >terribly impressed with or fond of the Saxons. > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ====