Famous term is "gillie". Queen Victoria is reputed to have had an affair
with one after Bertie's passing.
I'm surprised that Piers or Donald has not checked us on the proper spelling
as "ghillie" :-)
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Laughlin" <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] If one could dream...
> On 3/10/2011 2:53 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> But to the point: two of the books are mysteries set in the Scottish
>> Highlands, and even such terms as gillie and scunner are to be found in
>> the dictionary.
>
> Hamish MacBeth, perchance?
> Paul in Portland OR
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