Broad Scots / Lallans

[McMurdo]

alricht...

this will bae a lang an oan gaein' thried....(sae visit often)

ai am tryin' tae pull a' the assorted

"Travelin' Tae Scotland" threids tegither in yin place...

sae oiny o' ya wantin tae travel tae Scotland oan yur Holiday

can come tae this threid an fin loads of information aboot it...

feirst... here arr the thrieds aboot "Traveling Tae Scotland"...

xmarkers give guid advice oan these threids....

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ight=traveling

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland



http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...light=scotland
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OK I've got a few minutes so here is what I am almost positive P1M is saying, I am not a dead fish either BTW, I will try to type slowly so you will completely understand.


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Alright

This will be a long ongoing thread (So visit often)

I am trying to pull all the assorted

"Traveling To Scotland" threads together in one place...

so any of you wanting to travel to Scotland on your Holiday

can come to this thread and find loads of information about it...

first... here are the threads about "Traveling to Scotland"...

xmarkers give good advise on there threads...

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Now that was not hard for me to do, and I do not have a PHD, I am doing this firstly as an example of how easy it should be to "translate" the variation of Scots that P1M uses, and secondly as a service to another member. I will not do it again as I find it easy and refreshing to read the posts from P1M and others using Scots, it to my mind adds a bit of colour, (or should I spell it color), to the threads here and I hope they continue to do so.

Here endith the Lesson

P.S. I did not find it necessary to translate the links if you need me to do that, well then good luck at school.

[starbkjrus]

Personally I don't see what all the fuss is about... As slohairt has said, P1M has done all the hard work for you... You don't even have to google anything, if you just sound it out, you'll figure out what in the world he's saying... If that's too hard for ya... well, a Ph.D. may be out of your reach. No offense meant, but really, isn't the world full of enough whining about petty things? Let's save our complaints for something important.

AMEN!!!

:beer: As I CAN understand it!

[Colin]

What do any of the past few posts have to do with the topic of Scottish Holidays? P1M has worked a fair bit to bring this information to anyone interested in vacationing in Scotland, so if people want to debate the merrits of broad scots, or translations, start a new thread.

[Mike1]

Since this seems to be taking on a life of its own, I've split it away from the travel thread and placed it in Off Topic.

[Archangel]

Don't particularly like it either but here's my take.

I've got a dear friend who loves Scotland and things Scottish. Almost every time he sees me, especially kilted, he talks to me in some Rabbi Burns kind of accent. Am I going to tell him to go away and boil his head? No, you don't throw your granny off the bus.

There's a couple of Scottish expressions for you. Some things friends do are worth putting up with. The Wickerman epic earned p1m the right to carry on.

[ccga3359]

Apart from your good self, I am not aware that anyone else has difficulties. I do not want to post a "translation" for one (though I have no difficulty understanding it and am far from a dead fish) because I would see that as surrendering or pandering to lazy demands for English only - it is perfectly possible to google for words you don't understand. Heck I get comments in Polish on my photo blog and have to do that! It is your loss if you ignore posts, not the loss of the poster.

Hopefully that doesn't sound too vitriolic of me but I felt that the above comments could not go unchallenged although hopefully in a nice way.

From wiktionary - vitriolic

Etymology
Confer French vitriolique.


Adjective
vitriolic

of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism
(chemistry): Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.

See also
Vitriolic acid
sulphuric acid
vitriol

Trefor, would you mind translating your own posts in english, to english! I had to look this word up!

[McClef]

Au contraire, my Dear Grant, I am pleased to be expanding your knowledge of the English language as spoken in the Mother Country!

[James MacMillan]

England, Canada and America; three countries seperated by a common language!

[McMurdo]

Au contraire, my Dear Grant, I am pleased to be expanding your knowledge of the English language as spoken in the Mother Country!

Can you believe Grant was born in England?

[ccga3359]

England, Canada and America; three countries seperated by a common language!

Frustrating, 'ain't it?