So they carry you by the ears in your part of the world eh?
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
It seems that the word "lug" actually referred to an ear before it referred
to a projection (Middle English lugge - an earflap possibly of Scandinavian
origin) but is listed as an alternative for "ear" first in Scotland.
Fascinating the study of etymology.
Colin Hill
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As the Oxford Dictionary defines "lug" as a "Projection on an object by
which it may be carried, fixed in place, etc" I would have thought the
adaptation to ears (as projections on the head) would be fairly common
throughout the English speaking world.
Ian
colin wrote:
Isn't that the fellow from Walker's crisps sitting in that boat?
Lugs (or expanded to lug-holes) is a common expression in Liverpool as
well (as in "pin back your lug-holes" meaning to listen and pay
attention).
having Googled a little (as a rest from choyting) it varies from a
Scottish word to a cockney one!!!!
if it was confined to industrial areas, maybe our roving shipworkers
carried it around the country. However, it's also down as from the
Shetland Isles (lug=ear) in the Shetland Dictionary.
Also claimed by Norfolk with the addition of the word "luggy" as meaning
deaf.
Not really the height of either industry or shipbuilding there, I think.
Colin Hill
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No, it's a sort of sail, hence "Lugger".
Isn't it?
Or was that a boat with big ears sticking out each side to catch the
wind?
Richard.
Ormston, Chris wrote:
And here was me thinking that the 'lug' might be an ancient tool
fashioned from a curlew's beak by the early Christian monks of
Lindisfarne to tune their Northumbrian pipes, or perhaps a form of sheep
tick that the shepherds had somehow domesticated and taught to carve out
the fingerholes while they played their pipes to their flocks.
Chris
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Dear Sam,
The 'lugs' are a pair of devices situated on either side of the head as
in ' If yi divent shurrup aal giv yi a belt across the lugs.'?You may
need to look it up in a Geordie Dictionary. I am afraid that NSP's come
with a bit of local jargon known as 'Geordie' since they were developed
in Northumberland and Durham.
Colin
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Hi Colin, What is the 'lug'? Sam > If you can be bothered to
read this after all that has been going on it > concerns the use of
the 'lug' to tune the chanter and little theory. > > > The
notes to be tuned are the three that make up the Major Triad or >
Doh,MeSo,or Tonic,major Third and Fifth intervals. > > >
Start with the G drone on and do the G,B and D notes. > > >
With the D drone on and the G switched off, tune in D, F# and A. >
> > With the A drone switched on ( tuning bead on G drone) and
the rest off, > tune in A,C# and E. > > > This leaves you
with the middle C which is tuned as? fourth interval > against the
original G drone. > > > That is the limit to which you can
tune the chanter as if you try to tune > against E for those E minor
tunes you will find the middle B too sharp for > the rest. Strangely
enough the E note does not seem to be too sharp for > !
the D an A drones to play against. This is called Mean tuning and any
> tuning issues can be corrected by means of bag pressure. Jack
Armstrong > was adept at this as I found out when I was asked to
service his pipes > where the chanter needed coaxing to play in
tune. > > > If you want a tune to test your chanter try
Carnaval of Venice which > covers all those middle notes. >
> > Cheers, > > > Colin > > > ? >
> >
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