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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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*clears throat*Dirty Weeker
Ever wondered about the term used by and for the citizens of Wick. Well it apparently is a corruption of a phrase the evolved during the town's Herring days. It was not as you might think a derogatory term which pokes fun at people who don' wash. The original word was "Dirdie" a Caithness word meaning busy. Over time it was corrupted to dirty and somehow adopted by locals endearingly referring to each other as "Dirty Wickers" meaning a real Wicker.
You can now buy "Dirty Weeker T shirts from the Wick Heritage Centre who designed the T shirts.
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