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seekeerz | 05:33 Sat 10th Dec 2022 | Crosswords
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JJ109
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It is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cran_(unit)
05:44 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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I reckon it could be Oran, but I don't know why.
05:41 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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I thought Cran
05:43 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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It is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cran_(unit)
05:44 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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Do you know why jj?
05:45 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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Crossed posts, well done.
05:46 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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No - but I had heard the term used when I lived In Grimsby!

according to wiki
The word is from Scottish Gaelic crann, meaning "lot, measure of herring, tree".

but then why did the Scots call it crann?
05:48 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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Hi guys and thank you xx
06:01 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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If you can understand what a Scot actually says you're way ahead of me.
Let alone how or why.
06:02 Sat 10th Dec 2022
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BA to JJ
06:04 Sat 10th Dec 2022

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