Would any of you be interested in a dystopian sf novel written only in Scots?
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 January 2024 16:04 (two years ago)
Maybe I should post on the sf thread.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 January 2024 16:06 (two years ago)
Yes please. Sea also 'Deep Wheel Orcadia', a verse novel written in the Scots/Norse Orkney dialect.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 29 January 2024 22:58 (two years ago)
An interesting article I came upon today: Why Scotland lost its tongue
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 29 January 2024 23:31 (two years ago)
Okay, that was pretty good, although maybe some oversimplification.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 00:21 (two years ago)
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 00:23 (two years ago)
Some Scots speakers I know are very into both of those books.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 23:44 (two years ago)
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/31/gpt4_gaelic_safety/
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:26 (two years ago)
Deep Wheel Orcadia is very good!
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 2 February 2024 04:27 (two years ago)
Thanks. I believe you are also a fan of James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, although I don’t know how much Scots one can find in that one.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 February 2024 05:14 (two years ago)
That is a fucking brilliant book!
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 5 February 2024 23:53 (two years ago)
I heard it was kind of lost until André Gide rediscovered it.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 00:37 (two years ago)
Is the Editor’s Note a framing story, I wonder.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:23 (two years ago)
This story has been making the rounds: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd75qn08z1o
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:29 (two years ago)
One of the greatest words in Scots and maybe in any language is “weirdless,” which means “unlucky” or “inept,” because one’s “weird” (Fate) has deserted him.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 February 2024 02:49 (two years ago)
Really enjoyed But n Ben A-Go-Go.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:55 (two years ago)
http://textualities.net/tag/matthew-fitt
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 February 2024 23:12 (two years ago)
^That’s a little amuse-bouche from the world of the novel. Here is something longer, the second chapter of the book itself, at least from a prepublication version of it, although I don’t notice any differences:https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/aboutus/resources/stella/projects/starn/prose/sair-heid-city/
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:33 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0rgETg2Hoo
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 20:47 (two years ago)
Uses one of my recent new favorite words, lumber, I think.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 20:48 (two years ago)
Since you've moved on to Glaswegian I hope you're familiar with the Boaby Gillespie skits in this very forum.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 20:52 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnKPnPhhYw
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 20:54 (two years ago)
Reminds me that I just read that Edwin Morgan came out when he was 70, I think.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 21:01 (two years ago)
I even have a book called Scotspeak which has detailed phonetic info about the different accents, co-authored by Christine Robinson, Director of Scottish Language Dictionaries.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 21:04 (two years ago)
And have I told you about the Doric Express yet?
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 21:13 (two years ago)
Okay, this one is too deep for me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cio3RFU8nlQ
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 21:15 (two years ago)
Here's the Scotspeak audio: http://www.scotspeak.co.uk
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 21:23 (two years ago)
(xp) I'm glad they didn't go to Brixton... or Birmingham. Maybe those were edited out though!
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 22:12 (two years ago)
Not sure how I am ever getting out of this rabbit hole.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 February 2024 19:10 (two years ago)
I just got a copy of the ScotsThesaurus published by the Scottish National Dictionary Association which later was folded into Dictionary of Scots Language.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 February 2024 19:29 (two years ago)
Learned a funny expression called Banff bailies.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 February 2024 19:31 (two years ago)
https://occasionalscotland.blogspot.com/2012/02/skywatch-friday-banff-baillies.html
I hadn't even know there was a Banff in Scotland!
known
https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/banff_bailies
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 February 2024 19:32 (two years ago)
https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/elfshot
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 March 2024 22:31 (two years ago)
Detour into Manx up ahead!
― There Will Come Claude Rains (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 00:23 (two years ago)
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 March 2024 01:21 (two years ago)
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/distinctive-scottish-regional-accent-named-32398891
― Tom D (the first British Asian ILXor) (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 March 2024 17:11 (two years ago)
Currently watching the Wales v Finland European Championship playoff... only available in Welsh.
― Tom D (the first British Asian ILXor) (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:23 (two years ago)
Sorry, Cymru v. Y Ffyndir
― Tom D (the first British Asian ILXor) (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:26 (two years ago)
Thanks. I believe you are also a fan of James Hogg’s _The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner_, although I don’t know how much Scots one can find in that one.
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:17 (two years ago)
Here’s the link for the film: https://www.filmlinc.org/films/memoirs-of-a-sinner/
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:27 (two years ago)
Film was very trippy, as expected
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 March 2024 20:53 (two years ago)
Was up in Scotland last week and on the way back, the guard on the train made an announcement about carriage J - with the J pronounced the Scottish way, to rhyme with "high". I always forget that's how J is (still) pronounced in (the west of) Scotland (at least).
― The Prime of the Ancient Minister (Tom D.), Monday, 1 April 2024 13:14 (two years ago)
I was doing a quiz yesterday and the answer I had to give was the letter J and I pronounced it the Scottish way and was about get it marked wrong until I saw a brief look of panic on the (English) quiz master's face and had to explain that's how we say it up here. I am also the kind of dick who'll refer to Mr Beyonce as Jye Zed though.
― ailsa, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:53 (two years ago)
Good name for Scottish rapper.
― The Prime of the Ancient Minister (Tom D.), Monday, 1 April 2024 15:57 (two years ago)
He’s the Dundee Jye, A’m the Rapper
― Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:25 (two years ago)
Yeah I'd never heard of it - does 'itch' for H overlap?
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 1 April 2024 17:34 (two years ago)
Never heard of that tbh
― The Prime of the Ancient Minister (Tom D.), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:41 (two years ago)