Scots / Viking

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Eric asks whether Scots words are remnants of the Vikings. No doubt so in
may cases. It was from knowing the Scots "bairn" that I understood when seeing
"barnshampoo" in a Swedish super market that it was for children and not farm
animals!

Robb Quint
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

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