cats and dogs

[Polwarth]

Me? Like them both! Have a cat and always had dogs until my last one died a few years ago.

What I can't stand is this eejit now bringing cats n dugs out of the pets area and into here to see how many people he can troll into posting on this thread!

[Celyn]

Ooh, I didn't know that Polwarth had a cat too. More moggies! Good.

Babz – when people sometimes display some impatience with this one's cats and dogs and so on, it's because there has been a TON of rather odd questions and it's all to do with making cartoon cats and dogs that might or might not wear tartan leg-warmers, and might or might not be Edinburgh gang members anywhere from the 14th century until the present day and who do seem to have some trouble deciding what century they are living, and speaking, in. Are you feeling every so slightly confused yet?

[Polwarth]

Oh and don't forget that they use 'Scots endearments' - not Gaelic... 'Scots'... or they will when he finally learns what a Scottish endearment might be.

In his case, might I suggest a 'Glesga kiss'??????

[Babz]

Originally Posted by Celyn

Ooh, I didn't know that Polwarth had a cat too. More moggies! Good.

Babz – when people sometimes display some impatience with this one's cats and dogs and so on, it's because there has been a TON of rather odd questions and it's all to do with making cartoon cats and dogs that might or might not wear tartan leg-warmers, and might or might not be Edinburgh gang members anywhere from the 14th century until the present day and who do seem to have some trouble deciding what century they are living, and speaking, in. Are you feeling every so slightly confused yet?

I am always confused...

Pol......can I watch that one...

[bell-the-cat]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Hello. Besides:

malkin, bauldron, grimalkin and "moggy" for cat
tyke and hoond for dog

What are other Scots, Scottish Englsih and Scottish slang terms for cats and dogs?

Pisipisi.
...the secret name that cats call other cats.

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by Celyn

Other? Most of those aren't particularly " ... Scots, Scottish Englsih and Scottish ... .


Is your "bauldron" word akin to the "***** baudrons" occurring in some nursery rhymes/old songs?

If so, that one is perhaps more likely to be of Scottish origin than the others.

Used by Robert Tannahill * (1774–1810), anyway.



As for your other words, IF you are sure you need particularly Scottish words for your cartoons creatures, those are not the ones you want, being of more general use (at different) times, of course.

"Grimalkin" will turn up as a cat's name in pretty much any book of folk-tales involving a witch and a cat, and "tyke" is from Middle English ..... in fact, that's exactly the sort of thing you can look up by yourself, isn't it?


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Other? Most of those aren't particularly " ... Scots, Scottish Englsih and Scottish ... .


Is your "bauldron" word akin to the "***** baudrons" occurring in some nursery rhymes/old songs?

If so, that one is perhaps more likely to be of Scottish origin than the others.

Used by Robert Tannahill *(1774–1810), anyway.



Your other words? Nice words, but IF you are sure you need particularly Scottish words for your cartoons creatures, those are not the ones you want, being of more general use (at different) times, of course.

"Grimalkin" will turn up as a cat's name in a LOT of folk-tales involving a cat, and "tyke" is from Middle English ..... in fact, that's exactly the sort of thing you can look up by yourself, isn't it?



* Tannahill Poem "Baudrons and the Hen Bird"

My characters come from all over the world-I'm not just going to limit them to the US.

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by Polwarth

Oh and don't forget that they use 'Scots endearments' - not Gaelic... 'Scots'... or they will when he finally learns what a Scottish endearment might be.

In his case, might I suggest a 'Glesga kiss'??????

You mean a headbutt.