It seems there are two principal schools of thought on this question -
1. That haggis is derived from church latin, originally hagus meaning 'ugly magus', and therefore the correct plural is 'haggi', or more properly 'hagi'.
2. That haggis is derived from the ancient germanic, and may have referred to the result of the process described by Klausewicz - 'Wass micht nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker' ... the haggis being of course end product of the former, that which happens to that which gets umbringt ... so the plural is haggisn, haggise, haggiser, take your pick.
The law is not yet clear on which is true, and as Bismarck stated 'One should never see how law or haggis is made' ... now a scot is quite likely to hold various conflicting and baseless theories on this question, depending on the individual, some of course being somewhat less uncivilised than others, and one might be summoned before us to attest for the amusement of the court, but hey, this is sassenach country. |
