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The new Scottish book, The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht, is a strapping contribution to the debate on biological versus elective gender – but hopefully also an ad for the treasure trove that is Gaelic slang.
Translation pending, but the feminists the book chronicles, including author JK Rowling, mostly grew up with “wheesht” ringing in their lugs but decided to be gallus about a career-threatening issue,