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During the Strathclyyde Park walk today when my 2 met up with 5 others, I was thinking, "what would be a good collective noun for Greyhounds"?  Not a pack. Not a bunch. Not a gaggle.  Not a load.   I decide that it must be "a fankle of greyhounds".


Alan. 



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Alan,


Sorry I didnt get the chance to say hello today, I did see you, but you were in the middle of a 'fankle'..........great word that.



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is "fankle" a real word? a Scottish word?  tho i've never heard of it before, i like it !!


how about a Spell of Greyhounds?  just thinking of the magic they work on us humble humans!



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Hi Tree


Yeah I think 'fankle' is a Scottish expression and it describes perfectly what happens when umpteen greys get together! It must amuse the hounds a lot to watch us all dance around the maypole disentangling all the leads. 


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Yes, I got my greyhounds in a fankle sounds good to me. Nora

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Been gettin 'fankled' roon oor wiy for years!

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daves_mum wrote:

is "fankle" a real word? a Scottish word?  tho i've never heard of it before, i like it !!

Straight from the Collins Scottish Dictionary:"Fankle - a tangle or a state of confusion.  The fishing line is in a fankle or Don't get yourself in a fankle.


Old Scots was a language in its own right, not to be confused with Gaelic or slang.   Many words of Old Scots are still in daily use e.g dug for dog, auld for old, skelf for splinter, etc.   We use so many of these words everyday that we forget that they are not in common use south of the border.


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oh, cool, anyone got anymore interesting Scottish words to confuse the English contingent?...How about..


Alan was totally scunnered when Douglas and Lulu got in a fankle...



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alan, thank you for the translation, it was most useful.  please, i would be more than happy to learn Scot cos i think your words are more descriptive than ours down here !

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How about oxters. As in after a hard days work the mans oxters were reekin! Thats one of my favourite scottish words. LOL

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I lived for many years in Peterhead. If you think you know Scots, think again! Doric is a whole other ball-game....

Let's learn Doric and confuse Dave even more!

BTW, I personally like the word "fouter". As in, Alan was scunnered when he had to fouter cos the greys were in a fankle again.



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good grief

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A Scots expression for 'good grief' is 'jings, crivvens and helpmaboab'!


Jenny, I too like 'oxters' (armpits) as a word. I thought it was funny a while ago when an elderly relative told me that she saw her next door neighbour being 'oxtered hame', having had too many nippy sweeties in the pub!


Dave, I still say I'm scunnered when I'm fed up. Come to think of it I call my son a right scunner when he's being a pest.


Tree - here's a good one for you. If you say that someone looks 'peely-wally', it means they're pale and wan.


Fiona - my brother-in-law is an Aberdonian and I'd say that Doric is something else entirely! Very expressive and great fun to listen to!


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Don,t know if I am right, but I think a group of greys is a meet? Nora  

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I've read that the collective noun for a group of greyhounds is a leash. Googled it.

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Fiona, yes Doric sprung to mind for me too when I first read this thread, as I used to live in Aberdeen.  Re. the word 'fouter' - I know somone from the Peterhead area and I'm sure she would use the words 'wee fouterit' to describe certain kids!! 

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hehehehe at peely-wally !!  i'll remember that next time i phone in sick, they'll have no idea what's wrong with me but it sounds impressive!

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Well, I was fair puggled after my walk round with Mac!

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Just back in to find a box of wooden chipping for adding to the BBQ ripped open and chippings everywhere.  


The room looks like the floor of a sawmill.  I don't even know where they were kept, but the dogs found them.  


So the new collective noun for a pair of Greyhounds is a Turmoil of Greyhounds.


  



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