"Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote
> Helen Ramsay <r@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'll admit I've been lurking in scs since the grace with which this
> > > flamebait was handled attracted me, but I have to admit to a wee
> > > problem--I can't understand some of the language. Seems like Lamark
was
> > > wrong.
> >
> > Here yi go hen :)
>
> "Hen"? You calling me "hen"?

It's a term of endearment. Rather like the French 'mon petit chou'. I've
been away from Scotland for so long that I get all warm and fuzzy when
someone calls me 'hen' :)

> > http://www.scotsmagazine.com/words.htm
>
> Bookmarked.
>
> Hmmmm.... "Hen" isn't there....

Dinnae fash yersel. (Don't upset yourself.) It's not an insult as I've
explained above.

Cheers,  Helen
hramsay at cogeco dot ca