Hello Sam and fellow listers, the word foonart as Diana descibes it, is very much alive in Wigtownshire, I have used it on many occasions myself, and still do, we had an expression, used on very cold days, on entering the house and taking up a positiion in front of a good fire, one would say '' it wud foonar a boar oot there ''. Little doubt it is a derivative of founder. It also brings to mind another expression or two much used in Wigtownshire, and I quote, '' oot o' this warl an' in tae Kircown '' meaning, the unbelievable. Oh !! he's fae Penpont, whar the seagulls flee backwards, tae keep the stoor oot o' their een, I'll let you guess the meaning o' that ane. Then there is the words ' foughten ' meaing, done out, and ' forfoughten ' meaning worn out, in my Wigtownshire, we said ' fair forfoughert, the meaning is the same. Len.
Hi Len Being a Kirkcowan lassie mysell ( a guid few years ago noo) I always thought we must be either very special or very strange when I heard that saying. Mary --- On Tue, 15/2/11, leonard miller logan <[email protected]> wrote: From: leonard miller logan <[email protected]> Subject: [WIG LIST] Foonart To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 15 February, 2011, 4:06 Hello Sam and fellow listers, the word foonart as Diana descibes it, is very much alive in Wigtownshire, I have used it on many occasions myself, and still do, we had an expression, used on very cold days, on entering the house and taking up a positiion in front of a good fire, one would say '' it wud foonar a boar oot there ''. Little doubt it is a derivative of founder. It also brings to mind another expression or two much used in Wigtownshire, and I quote, '' oot o' this warl an' in tae Kircown '' meaning, the unbelievable. Oh !! he's fae Penpont, whar the seagulls flee backwards, tae keep the stoor oot o' their een, I'll let you guess the meaning o' that ane. Then there is the words ' foughten ' meaing, done out, and ' forfoughten ' meaning worn out, in my Wigtownshire, we said ' fair forfoughert, the meaning is the same. Len. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message