Posted by: Duncan
22 Jul 09 - 06:47
Weil, first aff I maun say "weil duin" tae Billy Kay on gettin his honorary degree frae the University of the West of Scotland (read about it i the news section o the site). He ralley deserrs recogneition for the braw wark he's duin for the Scots leid an the cultur o Lawland Scotland ower the ye... more
Posted by: Duncan
10 Jul 09 - 03:25
...weil, I haed tae blog on it suiner or later, jist be gled it's no spellin...
Ane o first things a bodie rins up agin in Scots writin is the nummer o wurds ye see that dinna resemble the language as spoken. Ae pairt o this is the nummer o new wurds that fowk mak up tae fill in the gaps tha... more
Posted by: Iain Mcgregor
03 Jul 09 - 05:14
Yin day, lest weik whiles oot for a streech, A gotten fair roosed it masel is the whangs in ma buits keepit burstin an ilka time A bowlt doon tae leash thaim A wad faw ower ontae ma erse. Yin wee bairn maun hae bin takkin tent o the seetiation fae ahint a buss in heez gairden, is a lood keckle ... more
Posted by: Iain Mcgregor
01 Jul 09 - 04:05
Hallo agane fae ma deck-chyre doon on the green. Its braw haein aw this guid wedder noo, thit brings back mindins tae days lang-syne whan A rin aboot mornin tae nicht juist in short breeks, a wee simmit an gaed barfittit whan ma auld bauchles gien ower. Weans noo-a-days wadnae be seed oot athoot ... more
Posted by: Iain Mcgregor
01 Jul 09 - 04:12
A taen a phone message the ither nicht fae a eild schuil freen whae wintit iz tae gie a haund wi a Burn’s Sipper, tae a pairtie o towerists in heez hottle. It didnae sit richt daen sic ceelebrations in the mids o Juin, bit Charlie coud aye perswad fowk tae dae ocht e wintit. It wis juist heez w... more
Posted by: Duncan
27 Jun 09 - 11:18
Ok, back again - been a while syne I wis at this...
Been that thrang wi this an that, ne'er got time tae sit doun tae ma blog. First, I'd like tae gree wi Bill Wilson an wir verra ain Iain Mcgregor about Scots labels on fuid... whit maks the Scots names for things wrang? Is "tatties" wrang a... more
Posted by: Iain Mcgregor
24 Jun 09 - 04:43
Oor aw telt in the papers thit thares a “credit crunch”, an sillers scant bit leukin oot ma windae ye wadnae ken. Maist families hae twa caurs an whan the wifies bring the messeges back tae the hoose it uswally taks thaim three-fower raik tae empie the caur boot. It wis different whan ma mith... more
Posted by: Iain Mcgregor
21 Jun 09 - 03:48
Weel A haed a veesit back tae ma bairnhead toon o Embrae lest weik whan a freens dochter gaed iz a inveet tae hir feenishin exhibeetion in Embrae Airt College. A wis a collegianer it the self-same Airt College mair thin forty year syne, an got fair dementit tae sei gin the picters in ma heid o y... more
Posted by: Iain Mcgregor
17 Jun 09 - 04:53
Hallo. A'm nae yaised tae this here new-farrant wey o bletherin cawd bloggin bit A'll gie it a shottie. Oo dae ken yin anither yit bit thats nae a baud thing whan oo dae oo micht for hae yin - twa wee grummels thegaither an pit the wurld tae richts. A coud hae bin ootby in the gairden haed the we... more
Posted by: Duncan
14 Jun 09 - 05:30
Weil, I'm back on bloggin efter a wee whilie awa. Jist flittit twa week syne, sae aye trying tae redd out a nummer o fankles that's no richt just yet.
It's guid tae see thon veidio "Nae Mince In Moray" daein sae weil up i the North East (jsit haed a scance at YouTube, an it's ower 42,000 vi... more
