July Generalist

[Otleybard]

Waded through this month's crossword, only to fetch up yet again on one of Didymus's inexhaustable supply of Scottish words. 32d Falters in speech, in Forfar (8)
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Can anyone take pity on a tired soul and help me out, and/or recommend a (preferably online) reference link for next time? Many thanks OB

[Lie-in King]

Stoiters

[Otleybard]

Many thanks, Lie in King; now I can join you.
In a manner of speaking.

[Rose Maybud]

I have only just seen your question and I agree with Lie-In King because 'stoiters' appears in Chambers.
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But to address the second part of your post, I found the following site http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/engscot s.asp
and typed in several words meaning 'falter in speech', eg stammer, stutter, and it came up with 'stuiter'. The software seems only work on the form 'stutter' rather than 'stutters'.
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This performance seems good enough to me to bookmark the site for next time Didymus comes up with, as you say, another of the inexhaustable supply of Scottish words.
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Apologies for ignorance from this Sassenach to our friends north of the border!

[Otleybard]

Many thanks, Rose; I've put the link on my Favourites for next time.

Afraid I share your ignorance of Scots dialect words, though at least this month's crossword contains one answer from this part of the world (albeit that snooty lot from up the valley!)

[Rose Maybud]

LOL. Oh dear, coming from south of Watford, I think I'd better extend apologies! Got that one from the hatless part of the clue, I'm afraid, not from any geological expertise.
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I think sometimes (oh yes I do!) that it's a pity we don't know more about Scottish, Welsh, Cornish and Irish languages. We are taught one or more of French, German, Spanish, Italian etc at school, which is great. Latin too is a great help in understanding English, which sounds a bit of a contradiction..
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I'm not sure one can just 'pick up' these languages and dialects: I bought a Cornish grammar while on holiday, to study while on the beach, and I'm afraid the complexities of the language defeated me. Hope Didymus isn't reading this ...