tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5613186233044371550..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Raw Wonder of Word Rage in Scotland--Reb MacRathKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-8380793478558119282016-07-13T13:47:43.208+01:002016-07-13T13:47:43.208+01:00Catherine, I too am delighted by the use of 'd...Catherine, I too am delighted by the use of 'darkening'. That's something to think about it, isn't it--a darkening of carrot juice.<br /><br />Lee, thanks. And do plunder!glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34322330402615053812016-07-13T09:53:50.181+01:002016-07-13T09:53:50.181+01:00i sailed on an aberdeen trawler once. young men, b...i sailed on an aberdeen trawler once. young men, boys, or sons were 'loons' and women (none on board, of course) were 'quines'.<br />the captain was 'the mannie'. god knows what they called me, a 25 year old idiot from england. but they were very kind.Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-62331697272582511242016-07-13T09:13:58.989+01:002016-07-13T09:13:58.989+01:00Delightful - and lots to plunder!Delightful - and lots to plunder!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-62913506078520145252016-07-13T08:59:06.865+01:002016-07-13T08:59:06.865+01:00A darkening of whisky! Love it.A darkening of whisky! Love it.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-88645192319991659802016-07-12T19:01:52.475+01:002016-07-12T19:01:52.475+01:00I've never, in all the many years I've bee...I've never, in all the many years I've been living here, heard the word 'barry' meaning fantastic - or anything really. Must be from a different region to this one. Maybe somebody can confirm! Some words are very region specific - for instance people in Ayrshire call their kids 'weans' rather than bairns and I always think of baffies as belonging to the east coast more than the west. I agree that Scots is a brilliantly inventive and vigorous language though, for insults and everything else. One of our islander friends has a whole vocabulary of expressions for size and quantity of drinks (usually whisky of course) beginning with a 'waft' or a 'threat' and ending with a 'darkening'. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-12437092897036356102016-07-12T16:27:08.249+01:002016-07-12T16:27:08.249+01:00I'm Scottish and I do find when I start to wri...I'm Scottish and I do find when I start to write dialogue in Scots that it finds its own pace and inventiveness very quickly. It's partly growing up hearing it, partly just in my DNA. And it's not only rage that brings it out. All sorts of emotion does. Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23229682928715058902016-07-12T14:04:05.633+01:002016-07-12T14:04:05.633+01:00Thanks, Jan and Bill. Good to know you're not ...Thanks, Jan and Bill. Good to know you're not too shy to rally round the flagpole. Pissed as a pudding, Jan, really is terrific. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23368350995692683682016-07-12T10:01:33.286+01:002016-07-12T10:01:33.286+01:00I say, steady on, old chap. Spiffing encomium, tho...I say, steady on, old chap. Spiffing encomium, though.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65809682783529293332016-07-12T09:20:53.370+01:002016-07-12T09:20:53.370+01:00Couldn't agree more! Wonderful. I'm quite ...Couldn't agree more! Wonderful. I'm quite fond of some (English) English ones as well, though, even if they're milder in intent. 'Pissed as a pudding' was a childhood favourite. It wasn't in Enid Blyton, though.Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.com