WHAT DOES ZURNBARRIE MEAN?
WHAT DOES ZURNBARRIE MEAN?
EDINBURGH, Scotland (Wireless Flash) If you know what the word zurnbarrie means, theres an egghead in Scotland whod love to hear from you. Edinburgh-based lexicographer Marace Dareau is finishing up the Z section of the Dictionary Of Older Scottish Tongue but shes stumped by the final Z word zurnbarrie. Dareau says the word only appears once in all of the ancient Scottish texts shes reviewed and not one researcher knows what zurnbarrie means. She thinks it may be a type of gun powder, but admits her guess is as good as any and hopes someone will be able to shed more light on the mysterious zurnbarrie.
Fri 06-01-01