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From: Gordon Johnson <>
Subject: Fittie, noo Cooter
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 18:42:53 +0000

Roderick Hay Bain <>
said to Gordon Johnson:
> Na, ye're aye a country chiel at Cooter. The toonie bussie, dis it
>cam oot tae Cooter, --or dis oor bussie fae Bunckery an Terfens in the
>country supply your lot as weel ? Syne, yer a country moose.
*** Us Cooter loons hae the terminus o' the no.19 toon bussie, an' the 24
an a', sae we're weel servit wi'oot the Bunckry one fit gings fleein'
through the village and naewhar near oor door.
**For the uninitiated, the village of Culter is pronounced Cooter!
(in the same way that Strachan is pronounced Strawn, and Garioch is
pronounced Geary, and Alford is pronounced Afford, etc.)
Gordon.

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