Is it only Scottish people speak Old English then?! (View Post)

Yes, but what relation is my mum's cousin to me? I think he is my first cousin once removed. It doesn't really matter. He was just a character in an anecdote about Inverness. I have expende… (View Post)

My first cousin once removed's son - i.e., my second cousin - I think* - told me that Elgin was where people from Inverness went for a night out. (It may have been Nairn. But I think it was Elgi… (View Post)

That's a brilliant name for an Alsatian. Threatening, but also slightly posh. (Try saying hardhard out loud and not sounding posh.) (View Post)

I have a first cousin once removed in Inverness. I was chatting to him at a funeral a few years back and he encouraged me to visit. He vaguely tried to extol its virtues: "It's very central… (View Post)