What’s in a Word?

You’ve heard it before. They don’t speak American in Scotland. A Scot would say that we Americans may have a few wee errors in our language.

Some fun ways with words I noticed during our August visit to Scotland: “Wee” is thrown in everywhere. “Have a seat at that wee table.” The table isn’t necessarily small. “Take a right and follow the road to the wee people ferry.” Well, actually, it was a small ferry—a motorboat that took us across to a tiny wee island where they used to mine slate. Not...