Aug 202010
Voice looks at some interesting NE place names and offers possible insights to their origins.
Dinnet: Deeside quines’ stock response to unwanted intimate physical contact.
Sauchen: wet through; saturated.
Lochter: the sound of enjoyment. Origin: Old French la auchter, or l’auchter ( not to be confused with le auchster which is literally a French armpit. )
Auchterless: completely lacking in auchter.
Auchterarder: an altogether tougher variant of auchter, found exclusively in Perthshire.