Posted by: Duncan
28 Aug 08 - 02:18
YA DANCER!
Ther's monie wurds in Scots that we aw luve, that's mair expressive (tae us) nor their Inglis equeivalents - dreich, snell, braw, crabbit; awbodie's got their favourites, an ther's mair nor I hae space or time tae list here.
But for me, jist nou (efter twa in the morn), haein jis... more
Posted by: Duncan
09 Aug 08 - 11:38
Hello aw, howp ye ar aw daein weill an managed tae survive the hinmaist week wiout a blog frae me tae keep ye gaein. I micht be awa up tae the heilands neist week, sae I'll pit a bittie mair intae this ane nor ordinar in case I dinna get tae dae nest week's ane on time.
Nou, I'm shair mair no... more
Posted by: Duncan
27 Jul 08 - 11:24
Hello aw, howp ye's daein weil.
I stairtit readin David Lindsay's "Thrie Estatis" the ithir day, certaint ane tae be recommendit tae aw fowk (that's not fashed by sweiry wurds an laich humour!).
It got me thinkin about weil kent Scots plays - or raither the want o thaim furth o linguis... more
Posted by: Duncan
13 Jul 08 - 11:17
Hello aw, how ye hae been makkin the maist o this...this...simmer? Na, that's no the wurd, canna be... Ah, weil - I howp ye hae been makkin the maist o white'er fowk want tae cry this time o year.
Jist a wee thocht - I wis bletherin awa wi a frein o mine about Scots an tryin tae get him tae ... more
Posted by: Stuart Mudie
08 Jul 08 - 02:12
I'm awa hame tae ma mither and faither's hoose fir a day or twa, and I dinnae ken if the Internet is richt plumbed in thereabouttes, sae dinnae fash yersels gin ye dinnae hear fae me fir a wee bittie.
Be guid while I'm awa! more
Posted by: Duncan
07 Jul 08 - 01:22
Heya aw, howo ye'r aw daein weil.
I hae faimily comin up frae Kendal the day, sae the hous is aw in an affy fankle an I ainlie hae time for a wee blog the nou.
The heidmaist thing I'm wantin tae say this week is that I'm warkin on settin up a Scots forum ower at http://scotsleidforum.pr... more
Posted by: Stuart Mudie
03 Jul 08 - 12:36
Whit d'ye mak o this?
- http://www.iht.com/articles/20
Thir's ae braw line, juist at the end, that gar me lauch out loud: "It's not healthy to keep blaming discrimination or history, and not work and pay taxes..." more
Posted by: Duncan
27 Jun 08 - 12:15
Hello aw, howp ye hae been makkin the maist o wit braw simmer...or the twa-thrie braw hours we hae been gettin. Michael wis sayin this wad be the year fer a bonnie simmer - but sae faur it's ainlie been sunny whan I'm warkin inbye, an whan I'm daein pentin outside it buckets doun!
It wis ma 1... more
Posted by: Stuart Mudie
25 Jun 08 - 08:09
Ma wee lassie, wha's no lang tirnt five, has jist startit lairnin tae scrieve in jined-up letters at the scaill. "En attaché", they cry it here in Fraince.
"Dad," she sayz til iz the ither day, "gonnae show iz hou tae scrieve 'Daddy' en attaché?"
Whit a scunner! I had tae tell her that Da... more
Posted by: Duncan
23 Jun 08 - 12:24
Hello aw, howp ye hae aw been fine this hinmaist week. I'm nippin out in a bit, sae jist time fer a wee blog this week
I hae been feil thrang, I can tell ye that. Syne I'll be daein Scottish History at Uni in September, I decidit tae get a heid stairt a while back an read aw the Scottish his... more
