# Do the Scottish really use "lad" as much as fantasy writers would have us believe?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 18, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-scottish-really-use-lad-as-much-as-fantasy-writers-would-have-us-believe/384657 "2006-12-18T17:35:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-scottish-really-use-lad-as-much-as-fantasy-writers-would-have-us-believe/384657/41 "2006-12-20T23:17:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Leaffan]

People in the Ottawa valley don’t have sons or daughters; they have “young lads” and “young ladies.” No kidding. People will say things like “I have to take my young lad to hockey tonight.”  
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Sounds perfectly normal to my ears 😃

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