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Awa an caw yer gird

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

Shid wanes text in Scots?

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

Is Scots juist a baur?

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

Neeps an Tatties

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

The Airt College Veesit

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

Thochts fae the burd table

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