On the declension of 'haggis'

jennyblain · Post by **jennyblain** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:19 pm

Having just seen the posts of DWW in various places - and given that I have been too occupied with trying to teach some o thae 'Inglis' doon here a few words:

A possible declension of 'Haggis', given the difficult associations with other Indo-European languages, might be -
(given as nominative vocative accusative genitive dative ablative, singular first)

haggis
haggis
haggem
haggis
haggi
hagge

hagges
hagges
hagges
haggiorum
haggibus
haggibus

Jenny
(and please, nobody take it seriously!)

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:26 pm

Hi Jenny
Oh dear....that takes me back.
Have we to learn this for next week?

(The speed a which I can still decline "puella", "servus" and "arbor" is deeply worrying.... given that I sometimes can't remember other far more inportant things!!)

Best wishes
Lesley

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:26 pm

I like it

David

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:29 pm

LesleyB wrote:Hi Jenny
Oh dear....that takes me back.
Have we to learn this for next week?
(The speed a which I can still decline "puella", "servus" and "arbor" is deeply worrying.... given that I sometimes can't remember other far more inportant things!!)

Best wishes
Lesley

To be declined on demand

, with penalties for any errors

David

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:31 pm

To be declined on demand , with penalities for any errors

Oh heck, this is getting more like school by the minute....

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:39 pm

Boy....do I feel thankful

..having missed any formal education in haggi or the conjugating therof.

I'm sure I'd be at the back of classroom if it had been required......2 years of basic french was challenge enough...ah well.....I've made it thus far

Best wishes
Jean

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:41 pm

Aye, you'd a lucky escape there Jean!

Thrall · Post by **Thrall** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:42 am

We just have to remember the vocative of "dominus" is domine, hence our word for a teacher "dominie" in the case used when addressing the wretched, or otherwise, man (or woman?)........

Vale,

Thrall

Post by **AnneM** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:46 am

Ave all

Does that make haggis a fourth declension noun. I wish I could remember that stuff better. Can still decline mensa and conjugate amo to some extent. Also have fond ? memories of Gaul being divided into three parts and also of Achilles standing in his gleaming armour like a snake which had newly cast its slough. At least I think it was Achilles. I knew I got an ediccation for something.

Anne

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:40 pm

haggis
haggis
haggem
haggis
haggi
hagge

hagges
hagges
hagges
haggiorum
haggibus
haggibus

Hi Jenny,
That looks like wan o’ yon poems, that wins awards these days.
Ah dinnie unnerstaun oany o’ thaem ataw, but a kin easily enough get tae grips wey Burns or McGonigle.
Then agin, ah cannie unnerstaun aw yer “mince” aboot declension o’ the haggis.
Diz that mean ye huv tae waaash the sheep before ye cook it?
An aw haggis is, is jist mince knoaked stupid.
An as fawr as aw the edumicatit punters that huv pit ther neb in oan this post.

“Wad some power the gift tae gie us”

Ah mibbie be stoopid but ah umnie daft
Davie