Aug 132010
Voice looks at some interesting NE place names and offers possible insights to their origins.
Towie: Having the properties of string
Insch: 2.54 schentimetresch
Banff: The sound made when a cardboard boxful of pillows is kicked
Dufftown: The home of Homer Simpson’s tipple of choice
Clatt: The gungy stuff found between your toes
More to follow in next week’s issue of Aberdeen Voice.