tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post6167049663579236786..comments2024-03-19T09:19:39.539+00:00Comments on Constantly Furious: A question of ScotsConstantly Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010139518958428871noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-64641682995820224922010-04-19T00:44:13.615+01:002010-04-19T00:44:13.615+01:00I wonder if they'll do a Doric version.
Fit l...I wonder if they'll do a Doric version.<br /><br />Fit like, loon? Fae's yer wee quine the noo? Awa? Yon's a canny wee lass ye'd hae a guid time wi' file ye're quinie's awa.<br /><br />Or maybe Plaid Cymru will take up the challenge.<br /><br />Stick them plates in the bosh and wash 'em after. We're going out now in a minute for a couple of bevvys and see if weLeg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-9679505112974620722010-04-18T12:59:01.671+01:002010-04-18T12:59:01.671+01:00Jill
I think you're getting mixed up between ...Jill<br /><br />I think you're getting mixed up between languages and accents. It's not a difficult concept.Floppynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-68484157227472373642010-04-17T22:37:17.880+01:002010-04-17T22:37:17.880+01:00It's a fucking embarrassment, that's what ...It's a fucking embarrassment, that's what it is.<br /><br />Recognised dialect or not, it's bollocks.<br /><br />As is GayLick. Why the fuck we have GayLick telly and radio up here for the five people that speak it is beyond me. It costs a bloody fortune.RantinRabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557178651491442917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-80882598299416579992010-04-17T20:32:57.756+01:002010-04-17T20:32:57.756+01:00Good one Killemall ..
But I'd always believed...Good one Killemall ..<br /><br />But I'd always believed that "Scunts" were from Scunthorpe ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-41077898063926095212010-04-17T19:46:19.874+01:002010-04-17T19:46:19.874+01:00Bring back Gaelic in all the schools, it will help...Bring back Gaelic in all the schools, it will help to keep the buggers under.Hows about a dedicated TV news in Pictish and<br />caber tossing commentary in<br />Neanderthal. Och aye lets all go<br />back to clans,blue faces and bare arses.<br /><br /><br />BeowulfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-14998082411075085542010-04-17T17:27:56.306+01:002010-04-17T17:27:56.306+01:00OT: CF - /www.informationisbeautiful.net, love the...OT: CF - /www.informationisbeautiful.net, love the left/right visualisation on this site. Great as it is, it's not as good as the quadrants.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708444000412716821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-51543043035725887972010-04-17T17:23:50.692+01:002010-04-17T17:23:50.692+01:00"What a parcel of rogues in a nation" ....."What a parcel of rogues in a nation" ...Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-90324157366497018482010-04-17T16:45:50.765+01:002010-04-17T16:45:50.765+01:00The point is - what bloody use is it?
Aye, thur&#...The point is - what bloody use is it?<br /><br />Aye, thur's thaim o' us 'at speir 'at wye in the street, bit thur's nae wye ony o' us wid cairry oan like 'at in a formal settin' so we widnae.<br /><br />The Pairlament's a formal settin' an shite like 'at jist taks the piss so it dis. <br /><br />Noo dinnae get me sterted oan yon Gaelic pish. ShahoorsirAlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-73648321287564670922010-04-17T14:58:01.720+01:002010-04-17T14:58:01.720+01:00Costello -
"the reality is that Gaelic was a...Costello -<br /><br />"the reality is that Gaelic was also spoken throughout the Lowlands before being displaced by the varieties of Northern English which some now refer to as 'Scots'."<br /><br />Simply not true for most of the Lowlands . The area I live in moved from speaking British to Inglis (Scots) without an intervening Gaelic (Irish) period . Pictish was briefly replacedThe Young Oligarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043892251035601945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-13035355113634831152010-04-17T14:54:19.773+01:002010-04-17T14:54:19.773+01:00What a load of crap!
Why not reproduce government...What a load of crap!<br /><br />Why not reproduce government information in Black Country dialect, Cockney or Cumbrian?<br /><br />What a bloody joke.<br /><br />I'm trying to get my three year old to pronounce 'th' as opposed to 'f' at the moment. At this rate I may as well not bother, grunting and nodding will doubtless be sufficient at this rate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-48379375050587449872010-04-17T14:53:45.419+01:002010-04-17T14:53:45.419+01:00Scots is a language with literature going back to ...Scots is a language with literature going back to the days when everything in England was written in French or Latin .<br /><br />What is it going to cost the Scottish Parliament to put its website into Scots ? - washers . About as much as keeping a couple of useless junkies on methadone . <br /><br />I know what use of the cash I favour .<br /><br />PS . Do you personally pay for everything in The Young Oligarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043892251035601945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-59710151069153469652010-04-17T14:11:14.568+01:002010-04-17T14:11:14.568+01:00Looks like the chattering classes idea of 'Rec...Looks like the chattering classes idea of 'Received pronunciation for the porridge-wogs' or similar. <br />Jono Woss/Russell Brand slow motion car crash sort of approach.Chucklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-31963246166524374622010-04-17T12:32:56.741+01:002010-04-17T12:32:56.741+01:00"But it is properly regional and properly his..."But it is properly regional and properly historical/traditional. Gaelic for the Highlands, Scots for the Lowlands."<br /><br />There's many who would like to pretend that's the case but the reality is that Gaelic was also spoken throughout the Lowlands before being displaced by the varieties of Northern English which some now refer to as 'Scots'.Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662545302170353707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-63566785130379065492010-04-17T12:15:07.530+01:002010-04-17T12:15:07.530+01:00Oh dearie me. Interesting comments.
Antisthenes,...Oh dearie me. Interesting comments.<br /><br />Antisthenes, you'd best not visit any university language departments up here and say Scots isn't a language or it's directed at the ill-educated or poor, because that's rubbish.<br /><br />I can read, write and speak Scots as easily as I do English. No negative comments please!subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-40102458340287479812010-04-17T11:54:51.123+01:002010-04-17T11:54:51.123+01:00Yes you're right- this is a complete waste of ...Yes you're right- this is a complete waste of money and recources - hate to think of the number of people ungainfully employed in producing this crap - my 80 year old mother speaks like this but even she can't make sense of it. <br /><br />But it's not just us Scots who are blowing the budgets- take a look at the Northern Ireland Census in 'Ulster Scots' - its hilarious<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-23293060415413162292010-04-17T11:31:16.535+01:002010-04-17T11:31:16.535+01:00They argue about its language status, but I'd ...They argue about its language status, but I'd call it a variety of English. It's completely arguable to call it a separate language though - similar like Spanish/Portuguese or Danish/Norwegian. But it is properly regional and properly historical/traditional. Gaelic for the Highlands, Scots for the Lowlands.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708444000412716821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-44947285924076425802010-04-17T11:29:53.407+01:002010-04-17T11:29:53.407+01:00Perhaps it's a not-very-funny April Fool's...Perhaps it's a not-very-funny April Fool's joke that someone unaccountably left up on the site..?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-82773630379077401412010-04-17T11:29:12.487+01:002010-04-17T11:29:12.487+01:00Think that's bad, Scots even has its own Wikip...Think that's bad, Scots even has <a href="http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">its own Wikipedia</a>.<br /><br />Though crucially they can do what they like, I'm not paying for it.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957501061120891438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-16137691325866289442010-04-17T11:28:16.874+01:002010-04-17T11:28:16.874+01:00Be less scathing, although it is not a true langua...Be less scathing, although it is not a true language in is own right but there are plenty of Scots who talk like that. Granted they are the less well off and less educated but it will appeal to them and we live in a democracy so even demented dimwits are allowed to voteAntistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-24220535922493745812010-04-17T11:20:51.308+01:002010-04-17T11:20:51.308+01:00I like languages, so I'm happy they've nic...I like languages, so I'm happy they've nicked your tax dosh to pay for supporting one. Ner. Bet YOU'VE never heard of the apologetic apostrophe. I'm sure you could make a vicious pun out of it if you tried hard enough.<br /><br />... on the other hand, I agree we can't afford it. Bummer.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708444000412716821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652557843713412263.post-24398146078789058962010-04-17T11:13:54.335+01:002010-04-17T11:13:54.335+01:00Demented fuckwittery I'm afraid.
Still, you&...Demented fuckwittery I'm afraid. <br /><br />Still, you're paying. <br /><br />Slàinte mhòrAlannoreply@blogger.com