4.9.2. Grey Gurnard
(question 71)
| Answer |
IPA |
Informants |
| crooner |
|
III, XIV |
| croony |
|
I, II |
| gowdie |
 |
XV, XVI |
| gurnard |
|
V, VII, VIII, IX, X XI, XIII |
The grey gurnard is rarely caught for commercial reasons today. It used
to serve as bait in line fishing, however. It is well known for the grunting
sound it makes when taken from the water. Crooner,
croony (the pronunciation of croony
was [kri:ni] in Burnmouth (I)) is an allusion to this sound as to
croon means to bellow, to roar (SND).
Crooner is listed in OED and
SND as the meaning of "grey
gurnard". EDD gives "yellow
gurnard" for gowdie and SND
lists it as meaning "the various species of gurnard". Gowdie
was only used in Gourdon. Crooner is
the dominating name south of it. Neither word is used in the Firth of Forth,
where there was no other name mentioned but gurnard.
I have no answer to this question from informants IV, VI, XII.
Cf. map 12 in appendix III.
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