Nac Mac Feegles

[Katinka Koschka]

I read today again Wee free men in the german version. The dialect sounds quite north german, and because I am from Berlin it feels quite familiar to me. I think they could have gone even more north with the dialect. There are areas in baltic sea Germany, where the people roll the r and even in middle Europe are quite a lot gingers

 

[RathDarkblade]

Ginger hair is quite common in England, Iceland and Norway, I think. Am I right?

Just wondering, by the way: I know a little Russian, and in Russian, "Katinka" is short for "Ekatrina", and "koschka" means "cat". Is there a story there? *curious*

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Red hair is not that common in England, you won't see that many if you were walking about.

 

[RathDarkblade]

You would on Captain Carrot.

Is red hair more common in Scotland, then?

 

[=Tamar]

See also

https://blog.23andme.com/health-traits/no-im-not-irish/

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

You would on Captain Carrot.

Is red hair more common in Scotland, then?

Scotland and Ireland, (for all the years I lived and worked in London I did not see that many people with red hair) although a few women dyed their hair red.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Fair enough. Thanks, =Tamar and Dug!

 

[Katinka Koschka]

Just wondering, by the way: I know a little Russian, and in Russian, "Katinka" is short for "Ekatrina", and "koschka" means "cat". Is there a story there? *curious*

My real first name is Katrin, I like cats very much and my grandma was born in Russia. Also I think koschka sounds more nice than the german word Katze. So I chose it as nick.

 

[Woofb]

I tend to read it as Glaswegian. But it isn't.

Part of the "joke"" is Glaswegian--think Rab C Nesbit staggering away from a bar brawl--but it's mainly supposed to be various parts of very non-urban Scots as well.

Sometimes I wonder how foreign people get that sort of very thick dialect into their languages by translation

 

[Woofb]

You would on Captain Carrot.

I always get mildly annoyed by the fact that he's originally called "Carrot" because of his shape, but two books or so later, probably because of some sort of morphic resonance with the reason most people called Carrot are called Carrot he is, yes, a redhead