Originally Posted by
Siodach
Hi there
jan is correct in that HSTs wouldn't do in this instance, because the two sides coming away from the 45 degree point are NOT equal in length in a HST and they need to be equal in Givio's design.
I don't know about brilliant, but I was born in England and came to Scotland in 1972, so regard myself as a naturalised scot by now lol.
SIODACH is a Gaelic word, pronounced (as close as I can get lol) 'shuh-da-cchh', where the cchh is soft at the back of your throat as in 'loch' .
It means 'silky', particularly as a description of hair, and dates back to the time when I bred Persian cats. Siodach was/is my cattery name (and it will remain mine until 50 years after my death, he he). The word has the great advantage that if I want to sign up for something, that name has never been already taken lol.
I thought for sure the name was Gaelic, and the meaning of "silky" puts me in mind of the stories of the silkies in Diana Gabaldon's
Outlander series. LOVE these books!! And I'm now totally captivated with all things Scottish, especially after finding on AncestryDNA that my own heritage is majorly Scot/English, virtually no Irish, and 8% "Scandinavian" -- thinking that MUST be the Viking influence! Less than 10% rest of the world in my genes, so strange.
Jan in VA