Sorry I should have posted my findings to the list. Sandy (Tasmania) In my Scots dictionary FECHT is to fight or struggle. The past tense is FOCHT. A FECHT is a fight or struggle. The saying 'it's a sair fecht' means > life is a struggle. > > Sandy (Tasmania) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D & S Tryk" <wombat@ecarthage.com> > To: <sct-argyll@rootsweb.com>; "Les HORN" > <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:13 AM > Subject: [ARGYLL] Gaelic? > > >> This isn't REALLY genealogy, I guess. I'm trying to find out how a >> (presumably) Gaelic word is spelled. My mother used to refer to our cat >> "feching" -- when he was hissing loudly. The "ch" pronounced as in >> "loch." So -- can anyone tell me if that's Scots Gaelic, and if so how >> it's spelled? >> Sheila in Missouri >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-ARGYLL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >