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2026-05-04 11:34 UTC
@stancarey@mastodon.ie I enjoy your humor in these columns.
Constructions involving "unco-", as in "unco-operative," always throw me off.because "unco" is a Scots word, meaning strangely or exceedingly, as in Burns' "Address To The Unco Guid."
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie 2026-05-04 11:48
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot Thank you. I often forget to try to lighten the tone in those discussions, but I know it can help! That's interesting about "unco"; I see the DSL has a lovely long entry: https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/unco