LL-L 'Language varieties' 2006.07.16 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 14 July 2006 * Volume 01
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From: Tom Mc Rae <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L 'Language varieties' 2006.07.16 (01) [E]

On 17/07/2006, at 2:45 AM, Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk> and 
Sandy Fleming wrote:

> From: 
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> Subject: LL-L 'Anniversary' 2006.07.15 (04) [E]
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>     From:
>     Subject: LL-L 'Anniversary' 2006.07.14 (02) [E]
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>     On the matter of writing dialects;
>
> I noted this morning on the BBC news that the tourist office in Wigan,
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> Lancashire, is printing T-shirts with bits of local dialect on them, followed by
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> fairly tongue-in-cheek dictionary definitions.
>
> The one I recall is something like:
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> Ah were fair clempt:
Scotland has been selling similar T-shirts for several years now.
They can be found in the shop at The Museum of Scotland and even ion some Princes
Street stores.
I'm sure I mentioned mine with the word "Crabbit ", irritable, bad tempered, a
while ago now. I also recall "Steamin", totally drunk, among the range on offer.
Aye thae Unglish coapy cats mak me gey crabbit ! :-)

Regards

Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia

Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us
Robert Burns

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