L is for Loch Ness

"Lug"

Pronounced : lugg

Meaning : n. an ear, the organ that detects sound.

Usage :  Ye wee rascal, c'mere so your mirra kin gie ye a skelpit lug.

Translation: Tired of domestic violence? Go out with a Liverpool player, they never beat anyone.

Origin : Lug has been recorded with the meaning 'ear' since the fifteenth century, and one of the earliest examples is found in the name or nickname of 'Michael blaklug' in the Burgh records of Aberdeen.

One of the best known places in Scotland, Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 m above sea level.  Loch Ness is best known for the sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie".

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