βWhen Jennie first meets the π‘ππ-ππππ πβπππ, she cries enquiringly ππ’ππππ? This Scots equivalent of English ππ’πππ has been used to represent duck noises since the 17th centuryβ
βSusan Rennie on translating Beatrix Potterβs π½πππππ ππ’ππππ-π·π’ππ into Scots
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