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Old 24th September 2006, 15:21
Madra Madra is offline
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Yes I will do thank you, Irish is very similar :O
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Old 24th September 2006, 15:26
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Tha gu dearbha! It is indeed! And `s e do bheatha. Gu robh mile maith agad fhèin! (As they say in Islay…and Ireland)
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Old 24th September 2006, 22:08
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Incidentally, Polwarth`s attempt at Scots English was a bit naff. "enuff" is how a cockney would pronounce it. A good example of Anglo-Scots can be found in the recent publication of an old Roald Dahl novel in the dialect.
AWWWWWAAAY. I'm involved in the preservation of Lallans and there is STILL, so far as I am aware, no definite way of spelling words. There MAY be preferred ways, but they are not set in tablets of stane.


Stick to the Gaelic Steven.....
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Old 26th September 2006, 18:21
SherbrookeJacobite SherbrookeJacobite is offline
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Let him off easy, you did. I expected far worse ( he did say your pronounciation was Cockney!) - are you becoming kinder and gentler, or just soft?
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Old 26th September 2006, 22:08
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It's no wurth the bother....
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Old 29th September 2006, 17:09
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Thanks.
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