Hi peigi [How's the Big Apple this winter?] We had noticed the link to "hen", a term of endearment throughout parts of Scotland and northern England. Looks good to me but I await "corrections from the peer review! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "peigi mulligan" <pmulligan@hvc.rr.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: Re: Re:[MORAY] Bunty > Ray, > A friend from Ullapool, originally from Govan, uses the term 'hen', > 'wee > hen' as an endearment. (I'm not short nor plump.) > So, the definitions you propose would make sense in that context. > Thanks for all the work you have done on your site, > Peigi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Hennessy" <rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk> > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 10:02 AM > Subject: Re:[MORAY] Bunty > > >> Hi List >> >> We've done a lot of searching for the origin of Bunty since Anne >> Burgess >> first raised the name nearly 3 weeks ago. >> >> Several people have said they know Bunty used for various "real >> names" >> with no obvious link. >> >> Anyway there seem to be these possible derivations: >> >> 1. "to Bunt" = to butt gently, like a lamb. [Sh. Oxfd Dict'y] >> 2. "buntin" = a bantam [Scottish names definitions] >> 3. "buntin" = Scottish, term of endearment for a short plump person >> [1665, Sh Oxfd Dict'y] >> 4. "buntie" = a hen with a rump [!] or a short plump person under 20 >> [Lanarkshire & Aberdeenshire names] >> >> Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this debate. I've updated >> the >> website. >> >> Happy New Year >> >> Ray Hennessy >> http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html >> >> >> >> ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== >> If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or > report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be > found > at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget that if you delete a message, you can always visit the > archives of this list http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MORAY/. > The archives are also worth looking at, whether you be a new or > established lister. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >
Ray, I'm far enough away from the teeming metropolis to not know much about it. Just country folk. Up here in the mountains we're having a warm spell. Temperatures in the mid-30 today, with rain; my bones are damp and chilly. Heat wave yesterday, in the 50's. Ironically, in one of the local papers I read today, the topic of one columnist was slang terms. From The Oxford Dictionary of Slang, with date of first appearance in print using current slang meaning: Chick-1899. Which came first, the chick(en) or the hen (or the bunty?), as the nursery rhyme goes........ (Ducky-1897;Cat-1920, Fox-1961, Foxy-1895, Turkey-1927) This has been the Bees Knees, the Cat's Pajamas, but I've got to 23-skidoo, or my husband will 86 me ....... I'll send you the article if you'd like. His writing sounds like you. Is that an oxymoron? Can writing have sound? Peigi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: Re: Re:[MORAY] Bunty > Hi peigi [How's the Big Apple this winter?] > > We had noticed the link to "hen", a term of endearment throughout parts > of Scotland and northern England. > > Looks good to me but I await "corrections from the peer review! > > Ray > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "peigi mulligan" <pmulligan@hvc.rr.com> > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:57 PM > Subject: Re: Re:[MORAY] Bunty > > > > Ray, > > A friend from Ullapool, originally from Govan, uses the term 'hen', > > 'wee > > hen' as an endearment. (I'm not short nor plump.) > > So, the definitions you propose would make sense in that context. > > Thanks for all the work you have done on your site, > > Peigi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ray Hennessy" <rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk> > > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 10:02 AM > > Subject: Re:[MORAY] Bunty > > > > > >> Hi List > >> > >> We've done a lot of searching for the origin of Bunty since Anne > >> Burgess > >> first raised the name nearly 3 weeks ago. > >> > >> Several people have said they know Bunty used for various "real > >> names" > >> with no obvious link. > >> > >> Anyway there seem to be these possible derivations: > >> > >> 1. "to Bunt" = to butt gently, like a lamb. [Sh. Oxfd Dict'y] > >> 2. "buntin" = a bantam [Scottish names definitions] > >> 3. "buntin" = Scottish, term of endearment for a short plump person > >> [1665, Sh Oxfd Dict'y] > >> 4. "buntie" = a hen with a rump [!] or a short plump person under 20 > >> [Lanarkshire & Aberdeenshire names] > >> > >> Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this debate. I've updated > >> the > >> website. > >> > >> Happy New Year > >> > >> Ray Hennessy > >> http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > >> If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or > > report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be > > found > > at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html > >> > >> ============================== > >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >> > > > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > > Don't forget that if you delete a message, you can always visit the > > archives of this list http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MORAY/. > > The archives are also worth looking at, whether you be a new or > > established lister. > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you ;-) > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >