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[paps]

I'm a french man, and I want to go SCOTLAND in the future. Because I love this country but I have a big problem with the language. I'll find a Scotthish man or women for help me for learn a english language with the discussions by internet and letters.
Please help me. PAPS

[jacobitedreamer]

Originally posted by paps
I'm a french man, and I want to go SCOTLAND in the future. Because I love this country but I have a big problem with the language. I'll find a Scotthish man or women for help me for learn a english language with the discussions by internet and letters.
Please help me. PAPS

Bonjour et bienvenue!
Hey, where are the language problems you are speaking of? I think, as far as I can judge from this post, that your English is very good and the Scots are patient people, so if your pronounciation is not completely correct, they won't take it cross...
Actually, there are many French words that have influenced the Scottish way of speaking. For instance there are Scottish cakes called petticoat tails. This derives from the French "petit gateau"...
I think you will find many friends here and I hope you will enjoy it!

All the best

[The_Lowlander]

Fae Jacobitedreamer

Actually, there are many French words that have influenced the Scottish way of speaking. For instance there are Scottish cakes called petticoat tails. This derives from the French "petit gateau"..

..and many Gaelic words influence Scots & English.

Scots- Scottish Gaelic

brae - bràighe
burn - bùrn
loch - loch
braw - brèagha
breeks - briogais
door - dùr
twig (or to understand)- tuig

English-Gaelic

bard - bàrd
brat - brat
brisk - brisg/briosc
brogue (or accent) - bròg)
galore - gu leòir
smidgen - smidin
hooligan - uilligán
slogan - sluggh-ghairm
Tory - tórai, tóruidhe
smashing - 's math sin

[Edited by The_Lowlander on 8th August 2002 at 16:26]

[The_Lowlander]

Fae Jacobitedreamer

Actually, there are many French words that have influenced the Scottish way of speaking

I live a short drive from 'Chatelerhault' the Duke of Hamilton's old hunting lodge.

[jacobitedreamer]

Originally posted by The_Lowlander
Fae Jacobitedreamer

I live a short drive from 'Chatelerhault' the Duke of Hamilton's old hunting lodge.

Tapadh leat, Lowlander. Already knew a bit of it. Just help me, please, with a historic letter printed here in my Napier book on B.D. He writes in one letter that the folks should permit him to have shear-darg in the warfare. I understand this to be a day's work of harvest. Is this right?

[The_Lowlander]

Jacobite, I honestly don't know about Shear darg. I did find this:-
in his turn. “Gentlemen,” said he, “as I am absolutely convinced, and have had repeated proofs, of your zeal for the King’s service, and of your affection to me as his general and your friend, so I am fully sensible that my engaging personally this day may be of some loss if I shall chance to be killed. But I beg leave of you, however, to allow me to give one shear darg (that is, one harvest-day’s work) to the King,

http://www.scotwars.com/17thcent/bat...liecrankie.htm

Sorry I can't help.
Tha mi duilich a rithist ach chan 'eil fhios agam. Mar sin leibh an-drasda.

[jacobitedreamer]

Aaaaaaaaaw! Thanks. Time is all right, occasion, too, just that this was not a spoken word but a note left to Lochiel. So it was more or less right...

It was all doomed when the last letter before the battle he ever wrote was signed "My lord, I have done my duty". Ghoooooooooooooooooooooostly thing, hehehe! Favie of my grandpa!

Will have a look at the site. I am digging through the third volume of Napier's "Letters and memorials", which is an interesting work, at least for me. Shriek, this man spoke eerie fluently the Gaelic...

By the way, Lowlander, I would like to purchase a bible in Gaelic, do you know where I could get one?

Have a good evening.

All the best,
jacobite