Sadly Haugh means a low boggy place. I live in a swamp by the River!!! <g>
----- Original Message ----- From: "mike.wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:56 PM Subject: re: OT: Weird place names > Hi, > > Jostein wrote: > > > Scottish place-names was good entertainment on our holiday trip with the Cot's > > last summer. There's pretty much Nordic heritage in those pronounciations, I > > think... > > > > "Haugh" is sucspiciously like the Norwegian "haug" meaning "small hill" or > > "large mound". Would that fit the topography of Urr's place? :-) > > Not only in Scotland. In northern England, where the border only > "solidified" in the last 300 years, "heugh", "haugh" and various other > spellings mean hill, rock, hummock, etc. Many, many words in the > modern, local dialects derive from our "visitors" from across the North > Sea. > > mike > ganning yem >
