Oh, I was going to ask what is the meaning of the Scots word that wasn't 'fankle'? (I can't remember the word so I can't google.)
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Overlander - Launch Event
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Scutter!
An annoying, fiddly task.
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And, while you're at it, start a thread about cycling in Edinburgh without using the letter groups "City", "Cycl", "Edinburgh", or "bike" in it
The potential for drift must be enormous
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I have a scunner against scutters
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Regarding Scots words, this is good:
I especially like "clusterburach"
Definitely going to use that from now on...
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Thank you!
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Grand evening. Just about recovered to the level where I can function.
Glad to see this thread just continues to drift on.
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I used to regularly get 'Scots word of the day' from my colleague (until my monitor was covered all around with sticky notes). Here is a selection:
Scots_word_for_bill_1 by Bill Harriman, on Flickr
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Scutter has three definitions in my Scots Dictionary
Wallabrawonga came from the recesses of my mind but as @bill said up thread, likely to be from a Fosters Advert
I think I then did give the collective noun for Wallabies from the International Venery as Mob.
If Mr Bill is the forgiving type I will say three hail marys full of grace
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Just in case anyone is misled by Blackwell's "Travel - Travel Writing" online classification, it's actually kept in the physical shop's Scottish section on the ground floor to the left of the main door.
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The Kindle download issue has been sorted. Buy now!
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Also my arrival in the pub was the most touching thing ever. Close to tears.
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There was much rejoicing! Thanks for an enjoyable evening.
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I knew it would be a good evening - confirmed by reports here. Words, music, poetry and wine from the CCE talent pool. Sounds like it had it all.
The MOAC continues today so probably just as well I was quarantined.@iwrats tells me there is a book with my name on it.
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sincerely disappointed i didn't make it along last night but the work is great, ripping right through it in that cool and easy way that you know early doors that you'll be a wee bit sad when its finished
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New word today: "sitooterie", a cafe with outdoor seating.
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I have one complaint about Thursday: at some point, possibly in Leslie's Bar, something in the flea or midge family bit me behind my knee, twice, through a thick pair of tights. It's ITCHY.
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@cyclingmollie, we often refer to our back porch as the sitooterie. It Is reallly a lean too. Glass covered. The glass or maybe corrugated see through plastic is an essential feature of the sitooterie. To distinguish it say from just sitting outside .
Edit: the definition of sitooterie on Wikipedia has been written in cod Scots
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Relive the Overlander launch at the click of your mouse!
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I thought less nudity at the Overlander launch than in the musical Hair?
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I stood naked before you.
That tune was to make my dad happy. The vinyl album of the off-Broadway cast recording of Hair nestles amongst his jazz record collection. It was a mystic revelation when I stumbled on it as a child. This record here;
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Spotted a plug for a book titled "Outlander" in Ian Murray's monthly newsletter.
The title is correct on his website though: https://www.ianmurraymp.com/blog/2019/05/02/overlander/
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He'll be spending all day with Diana Gabaldon's lawyers poor fellow.
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I spotted a single copy of "Overlander" on a display table at Waterstones at the weekend next to larger piles of less interesting books, suggesting that they have sold multiple copies recently.
I realise that I didn't report back after reading my copy. It is definitely the best book that I have read this year, so far, and one of the better books of the genre that I've read, full stop.
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@jdanielp
Kind words. Thank you.
Waterstones' stock control is tight. The Cameron Toll branch only ever has one copy so the book can't sell more than once every three days. If it sells well (and it seems to be) then they'll get more copies.
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It is on my To Read pile. Near the top!
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@unhurt
If you leave it there will it become a Timeless Classic?
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Just finished and a good read. Background of ownership is great and @iwrats interactions with people he met along the way.
Laments the lack of other people he met - all that wild space going unappreciated. Not surprising that you wouldn't see cyclists but may have expected more on foot.
Of course 21st century exercise has to be focused on recognised routes. Need to name it the Overland Way or something! (Perhaps semi suggested but you have to read the book).Posted 5 years ago # -
It is a good read. I read a lot of books about walking and cycling (at least four about riding the length of Britain in the last year) and this one stuck in my mind the most. As I mentioned to IWRATS when I gave him my impressions of the book, I found it inspiring. So am I going to go wild camping with a bike or campaign for the rewilding of the countryside? No, I thought I'd give writing a go. I just need a literary conceit. Could energy drink stand in for Proust's madeleines? I can't se myself sitting at the computer drinking High 5. Maybe do Hemingway's iceberg thing. Leave it all unsaid: say "I went for a ride" then describa all the b******s my neighbours say to me about cycling. Tim Crabbe in The Rider gives his races numbers and recalls them at relevant points on his Tour of Mont Aiguille. I could do that but reveal at the end that all the epic rides were shopping trips to Tesco.
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No, I thought I'd give writing a go.
Then it was worthwhile.
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