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cb

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Word Suggestion: tigh
« on: September 02, 2012, 03:49:44 AM »
Originally a Scottish Gaelic word, which means house, but in very common use in Scotland as an anglicized word.  And one I seem to play every time the letter combo presents itself, before kicking myself once again.  Just as well I don't stress about my %age.

I wouldn't suggest it be added to Chi as a common word, but it would be nice to see it accepted as rare.
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Re: Word Suggestion: tigh
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2012, 07:00:32 PM »
That's a word I've tried several times, too, cb, completely forgetting that it won't be accepted.

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Re: Word Suggestion: tigh
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2012, 10:59:25 AM »
Better than me.  There are a couple of words I just can't believe won't be accepted so I keep trying them hoping, somehow, Chi has come to its senses.   :)
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Re: Word Suggestion: tigh
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2016, 03:58:04 PM »
I'm sorry, cb and pat, but I can't see my way clear to adding tigh as a word.

The most recent English language dictionary I could find it in was the 1913 Webster's Unabridged, which labeled it obsolete: "A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] --Cowell." I couldn't find it in the online Dictionary of the Scots Language.

The word appeared a number of times in search results from the Scotsman newspaper, but always as part of a place name, except for one item under the heading "Teach yourself Gaelic". All in all, the word's status as part of the English language seems too tenuous, from what I can see.
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