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A braw nicht, thanks tae the SLC

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

Jined-up letters: a Scots metaphor

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

Chorin Stanes...

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

Whit's this? Wha's this?

Posted by: Stuart Mudie

18 Jun 08 - 10:51

Hullo, I'm Stuart Mudie.

I'm originally fae Dundee but, like monie a Scot afore iz, gaed awa tae seek ma fortune furth o the auld kintra and, efter a puckle years in Spainy (first in Galeisy, then in Barcelona), I'm noo bidin in Pairis, whar I'm shacked up wi a Welsh lass an wir wee lassie (wh... more

Lumsk - Troll

Fitbaw: whit a scunner + Norrowegian fowkies an glaikit trowes

Posted by: Duncan

13 Jun 08 - 02:17

I dinna ken hou monie o ye haes been watchin the fitbaw frae Austrick an Swisserland ower the hinmaist week or twa, but I maun say - sum o it's been pretty guid. Whan ye see hou kintras like Romania, Swaden an Turkey, ye canna hulp but feel a wee bit scunnered that Scotland's no there...again. ... more