what are bairns
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
baby
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
children, term used in northern england and most of scotland
― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
Hmm...not sure. We know that they're wee, and occasionally puir, and that their plight sometimes induces an 'och!' in passersby. Beyond that, it's anybody's guess, ye great bloody spaleen.
― My Whole Existence Is Flan (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
$250, same as downtown
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
xp oh ok. so it is a real word and not just something Claremont made up
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Claremont would never, you take that back.
― My Whole Existence Is Flan (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 April 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Does "bairn" come from Scandinavian languages? The Swedish word for "kid" is "barn".
― Tuomas, Friday, 8 April 2016 06:37 (eight years ago) link
It does indeed.
― a hairy, howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Friday, 8 April 2016 10:36 (eight years ago) link
new meaning to "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn"
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 8 April 2016 12:47 (eight years ago) link