The Loch Ness Monster

[gordi]

Thanks for the info. I reckon then that "Bean" is cognate to Irish "Bhean" for "woman" then, and "Jenny wi the airn teeth" is "Jenny with the iron teeth"... which last there is a pretty horrifying thought.

So I may be able to talk some words of Scots Gaelic, but not be able to spell them. Pretty much my same situation with English...

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Strangely - I had to THINK about your question(s), because I don't normally recognise the differences between most Scots (Gaelic) and Irish words!
It just looks like a slight mis-spelling of the same words to my brain! Like a typo of the same word!