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)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51403324
― Andrew Goldsoundz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 April 2024 02:40 (two years ago)
Wikipedia sez:
Originally Thurso was known by the Celtic name of tarvodubron meaning "bull water" or "bull river"; similarly was tarvedunum standing for "bull fort" and the name of the town name may have its roots there. Norse influence translated its name to Thjorsá, then altered it to Thorsá, based on the deity of and translating as (the place on) Thor's River.The local name, Thursa, derives from the Norse, as does the modern Inbhir Theòrsa. means a river mouth, and is generally found as Inver in many anglicised names
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2024 13:32 (two years ago)