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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Resources"

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com
> Subject: Resources
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> Weel, weel, Andy! Ye've duine it agane! Hit's awfie braw, cowes the
> cuddie.  Bit, in spite o yer dislaimer, hit cud gar a michtie flude o
> bad Scots come doon yer gate ...  I jalouse Sandy an ithers hae been
> dreidin the day.

A wis awa tae say tae Andy, "What next, an automatic
English-Scots SMS translation system?" Then A thocht
no, for fear he'll awa an dae'd!

Onywey, A wis never feared o the day A never saw... till
nou!

Gey guid Scots, Ron, but "ithers haes" wad be better than
"ithers hae" (tho likely "ithers hiv" is the maist uizual
o aa, wi it bein a auxiliary here).

An "hit"'s a emphatic form, at least the wey A spaek, eg
"What ye wantin _hit_ for?" (this bein fornent some ither
"it" ye could a taen).

Twaethree idioms (for tae think aboot):

No Bad            Mair Naitral or Uizual
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awfie braw        gey braw
                  fair braw

Sandy an ithers   some the likes o Sandy
                  Sandy an his ilk

michtie flude     muckle spate
                  hellish on-ding

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
A dinna dout him, for he says that he
On nae accoont wad ever tell a lee.
                          - C.W.Wade,
                    'The Adventures o McNab'

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