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15th November 17, 11:17 PM
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the word 'plaid' means blanket. If you look up 'plaid' in the dictionary on www.learngaelic.net it's spelled 'plaide' - and pronounced 'plodge-yeh'
Maybe the non Gaelic speaking britons adopted the word from the Gaelic and started pronouncing it plad, or played, or pled. Not all of of the population of Scotland were always Gaelic speakers and some never were. Many words were borrowed on both sides of the fence
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Colin G. Calloway
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15th November 17, 11:41 PM
#2
The word rarely comes up in the course of normal conversation here, but I do hear it used as "played" quite regularly by the visitors. I would probably say "plad" (as in lad) but to be honest, I use it as a spoken word so rarely that I am not sure how it may come out in conversation.
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16th November 17, 01:20 AM
#3
I can only repeat what I said in two places in
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...rd-viii-93068/
It's "played".
Alan
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16th November 17, 03:54 AM
#4
Agreed.
Normally pronounced "played" but I am not going to make a big fuss if somebody mispronounces it as "plad".
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16th November 17, 04:39 AM
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 Originally Posted by cessna152towser
Agreed.
Normally pronounced "played" but I am not going to make a big fuss if somebody mispronounces it as "plad".
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16th November 17, 05:37 AM
#6
As an American who grew up in our local piping scene, /played/ always meant the garment.
/Plad/ was what people outwith the piping scene called tartan, and what we within the piping scene called non-tartan patterns.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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16th November 17, 06:09 AM
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When Ronald Reagan was running for president, a Canadian reporter looking for background information asked one of his aides whether to pronounce his name "Reegan" or "Raygan". The answer was that it was definitely "Raygan".
The next question was what his favourite dog breed was, and the aide told the reporter it was a "Baygle"
Local accents account for much in terms of pronunciation.
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