Talk:baffie
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Ruakh in topic RFV discussion
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RFV discussion[edit]
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Rfv-sense. Shoes --Jackofclubs 09:48, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
- It's a bit of a "mention", but D Dakers, Conserving the past - building for the future: Inverness 1987 has this: "In addition tae Ayrshire Scots, ma mither introduced exotic Fife words like baffies for slippers, an bocht for ill..." Equinox ◑ 14:00, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
- Cited, -ish. I couldn't find a single usable cite in the singular, which means that I couldn't demonstrate whether the spelling is baffie or baffy. Even the reference I included has it in the plural, though b.g.c. implies there are some no-preview-available dictionaries that do have it in the singular. How should we handle this? —RuakhTALK 11:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
- [1] and [2] although probably mentions (rather than uses) seem to show that the singular is "baffie" ("baffy" apparently means "chubby", but I haven't been able to find any uses of that, not that I've looked very hard at all). Usage in the plural is significantly more common than in the plural - a bit like slipper/slippers really. Thryduulf (talk) 22:08, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll go with that then. —RuakhTALK 11:05, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
RFV passed. —RuakhTALK 11:05, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- The Dictionary of the older Scottish Tongue (DOST), compiled in the 1980s, lists "Baff" as a slipper or comfortable shoe(1914), but only uses "Baffy" for the golf club, elsewhere regarded as similar to a spoon, 4-wood or 5-wood. "Baffies" would appear to be the plural of "Baff". Note that "Baff" is also Old Scots for a blow, or strike, which fits both with its use for a golf club and occasional use of the slipper as a form of corporal punishment in my youth! — This unsigned comment was added by 78.136.118.241 (talk) at 14:47, 7 May 2013.