"shall" vs "will"?
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That was a nasty one anyway... It feels like "ill mannered rascal" or summat close. The glossary in my Burns doesn't include it either, sa I ha tae be playin it by ear.
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Since my last one, I've remembered the rest of the verse which that line appears in: she was obviously scunnered wi him for tearing and ripping her dress (I don't know what the two of them had been doing to cause such an outcome!)
Toren aa, rippit aa, toren aa ma goon, oh!
Toren aa, rippit aa, toren aa ma goon, oh!
Toren aa, rippit aa, toren aa ma goon, oh!
Did ivver ye see sic an ill-trickit loon?!
Clumsy, perhaps?
Toren aa, rippit aa, toren aa ma goon, oh!
Toren aa, rippit aa, toren aa ma goon, oh!
Toren aa, rippit aa, toren aa ma goon, oh!
Did ivver ye see sic an ill-trickit loon?!
Clumsy, perhaps?
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Sae it micht be "clumsy moron"?
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If you're sure you think that's what you are......
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I'm trying to find an accurate rendering from Scots to standard English... "ill mannered rascal" will suit me awricht, though it feels inappropriate for the context.
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Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Blah blah blah blah blah!
Memo to self: no Lir chocolates.
Life is glorious.
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This thread is in danger of being kilt...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Thou shalt be stilt, lest thee loseth something important.JimC wrote:This thread is in danger of being kilt...
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Here's one for the American English plus column: "heinous". When we say it, it doesn't sound like we're discussing a body part.
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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