re: OT: Weird place names

Hi, Jostein wrote: Scottish place-names was good entertainment on our holiday trip with the Cot's last summer. There's pretty much Nordic heritage in those pronounciations, I think... Haugh is sucspiciously like the Norwegian haug meaning small hill or large mound. Would that fit the

Re: OT: Weird place names

Sadly Haugh means a low boggy place. I live in a swamp by the River!!! g - Original Message - From: mike.wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:56 PM Subject: re: OT: Weird place names Hi, Jostein wrote: Scottish place-names was good