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A question - To a Mouse

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blue-moves
 
Reply Wed 9 Sep, 2020 04:26 pm
Do the word "Ugly" and the word "Agley" (see: " To a Mouse" by Robert Burns) share a common origin?
The context is "plans going 'agley' (awry, askew)" and often we say "things turned ugly"..
Just thought I'd askew... Very Happy
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Reply Wed 9 Sep, 2020 07:28 pm
@blue-moves,
Sounds more like something from Ode to a Louse.

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