From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:17:25 -0400, John W Kennedy   
    wrote   
   in in   
   rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > Anyway, it seems that "Stoup" in “Dictionary of the Scots   
   > Language” has Sense I. 7, ‘Fig. A loyal and enthusiastic   
   > supporter of a cause or institution, esp. of a church, a   
   > staunch adherent, patron or ally (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh.,   
   > ne.Sc., Per., wm.Sc. 1971), = Eng. “pillar.”’   
      
   Ah, I missed that one.   
      
   > But I’d still say it probably shouldn’t be used except in   
   > actual Scots.   
      
   Agreed.   
      
   Brian   
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   holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered   
   rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,   
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