tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post6174760873607553407..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: PHOTIES ON THE SABBATHMunguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-8417436473073094282013-03-11T21:50:40.480+00:002013-03-11T21:50:40.480+00:00I think you'll find that Cynical speaks two or...I think you'll find that Cynical speaks two or more languages too, Dean.<br /><br />What other language do you speak, by the way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-45666834767733344322013-03-11T19:18:23.687+00:002013-03-11T19:18:23.687+00:00Satan you say? No chocolates, flowers or dinner fi...Satan you say? No chocolates, flowers or dinner first?<br /><br />Jeez. No wonder he's in hell. No manners at all.<br /><br />I'm gonna give him Niko's address!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-69429043873042960582013-03-11T19:17:03.500+00:002013-03-11T19:17:03.500+00:00A couple of my friends gave it a go at night class...A couple of my friends gave it a go at night classes at the university, John. Both are quite clever people, one of whom had done Latin and French at school, and they were completely lost.<br /><br />Yes, it was the spelling and trying to tie up the pronunciation with the spelling that was their problem.<br /><br />Fancy learning when you were two. Very clever. It's like when you go to France and all these clever little kids of 3 or 4 are fluent... makes me sick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-30042722778594770412013-03-11T16:20:30.981+00:002013-03-11T16:20:30.981+00:00Incidentally, Tris, you should not be posting phot...Incidentally, Tris, you should not be posting photograph on the Sabbath. Satan will be heating up his red-hot poker for your bottom! Should have gone to Spec-savers, it is not his red-hot poker!!John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-15398234078846322462013-03-11T08:38:07.893+00:002013-03-11T08:38:07.893+00:00Tris/Dean
The problem with Gaelic classes is that...Tris/Dean<br /><br />The problem with Gaelic classes is that most people wish to learn conversational Gaelic whereas the classes seem to concentrate on reading and writing Gaelic which even for a native Gaelic speaker can be quite difficult. Having said that I learnt it when I was about two but then again I'm a smarty-pants!<br /><br />Moran gaol agus pogan to your Mum,. Tris!John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-76577910923097144552013-03-10T23:04:31.083+00:002013-03-10T23:04:31.083+00:00Good one Fairfor... There was a lot of that kind o...Good one Fairfor... There was a lot of that kind of thing. Gran calls water "Adam's wine"<br /><br />No CH... I don't mind. I might even get me one!!! :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-34717509864154576282013-03-10T22:40:33.964+00:002013-03-10T22:40:33.964+00:00Hope you don't mind tris but
Cybernat Invasio...Hope you don't mind tris but<br /><br /><a href="http://www.caledoniamugs.com/cybernat_invasion.html" rel="nofollow">Cybernat Invasion</a>cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-72762648236606680722013-03-10T22:10:40.700+00:002013-03-10T22:10:40.700+00:00Spoke to a relative who has told me Carluke steak ...Spoke to a relative who has told me Carluke steak was jam Apparently miners when asked what they had on their piece would say Carluke steak when they had jam. Jam was made in Carluke by Scotts I am told You learn something every dayfairforfochennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-19742975985168733492013-03-10T21:49:11.023+00:002013-03-10T21:49:11.023+00:00Did anyone else's parents/grandparents reply :...Did anyone else's parents/grandparents reply :<br />"Stoor in a poke for nosey folk", when you, as a kid asked, "What have you got there?" ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-83901170248868712122013-03-10T21:44:30.529+00:002013-03-10T21:44:30.529+00:00Of course they willOf course they willAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-11749749356136128012013-03-10T21:04:01.190+00:002013-03-10T21:04:01.190+00:00I'll be a clever dick!<a href="http://munguinsrepublic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/photies-on-sabbath.html?showComment=1362947000052#c7659564829047444043" rel="nofollow">I'll be a clever dick!</a>cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-59994355349039046522013-03-10T20:57:22.396+00:002013-03-10T20:57:22.396+00:00Cheers as I understood it as 'nothing or unkno...Cheers as I understood it as 'nothing or unknown' it was the spelling as I can find no reference online in either Doric or Scots which seems strange unless it was site specific in its origin.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-90831669448638813412013-03-10T20:36:27.616+00:002013-03-10T20:36:27.616+00:00Another saying along the same line which I remembe...Another saying along the same line which I remember but have no idea what it might have been was being told we were having Carluke steak fairforfochennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-76595648290474440432013-03-10T20:23:20.052+00:002013-03-10T20:23:20.052+00:00C.H
Re whammel When you asked what was for dinner...C.H <br />Re whammel When you asked what was for dinner you were told whammel Now whammel could have been anything either because your mammy didn't know what you were going to get or you had not to be told in case you didn't want it Not that there was any choice It was eat or go hungry so you ate regardlessfairforfochennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-89166695415459584752013-03-10T20:12:22.430+00:002013-03-10T20:12:22.430+00:00Yeah, I only speak two languages at the moment. &#...Yeah, I only speak two languages at the moment. 'Lazy' really sums me up. That from a silly cybernat extremist (a grown man with little better to do than try and pick online fights. Probably an alcoholic).Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-47709414750900696952013-03-10T20:05:20.764+00:002013-03-10T20:05:20.764+00:00GERS is a gerrymandered system dreamt up by Ian La...GERS is a gerrymandered system dreamt up by Ian Lang to keep Scotland in its place. The subsidy nonsense is because they compare a single entity to the average sum of all others not that our 'honest' media are able to evaluate that.<br /><br /><a href="http://politicsuk.eu/consultant-says-claims-over-cross-border-patient-care-after-independence-are-scaremongering/" rel="nofollow">Consultant says claims over cross-border patient care after independence are scaremongering</a><br /><br /><i>Dr Khan spoke out after Jackie Baillie, Labour’s shadow health spokeswoman and a director of the Better Together campaign, claimed that a Yes vote in next year’s referendum would lead to reciprocal patient treatment becoming mired in red tape and complex regulation.</i><br /><br />No doubt our state broadcaster will be highlighting this on the hour for three or four days on the trot!cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-73451314652512306212013-03-10T19:16:35.457+00:002013-03-10T19:16:35.457+00:00The wee bunny is fantastic, Marcia.The wee bunny is fantastic, Marcia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-25841071236435990332013-03-10T19:11:42.734+00:002013-03-10T19:11:42.734+00:00CH: There is a discrepancy with the figures tehy q...CH: There is a discrepancy with the figures tehy quote.<br /><br />As far as I can see they don't take into consideration the money that is spend by London on Scotland (ie defence; foreign affairs etc). That's why they come up with the subsidy of England at £3,500, and other figures show a subsidy of £850 ...<br /><br />That apart, the way these people talk about us like we were lucky to be subsidised by them!!!!! makes my blood boil.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-70139058138416039842013-03-10T19:06:29.443+00:002013-03-10T19:06:29.443+00:00No idea... what does it mean CH...
There are onli...No idea... what does it mean CH...<br /><br />There are online dictionaries...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-4123514897604067882013-03-10T19:05:44.965+00:002013-03-10T19:05:44.965+00:00The United Kingdom is Over: Scotland Will be Indep...<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/10/1090492/-The-United-Kingdom-is-Over-Scotland-Will-be-Independent" rel="nofollow">The United Kingdom is Over: Scotland Will be Independent</a><br /><br /><i>It's not breaking up, it's broken. The UK is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired. It's a memory, bereft of relevance. It rests in peace. If it wasn't being propped up by circumstance it would be filling history books. It's governmental processes have ceased. The UK is an ex-country.</i><br /><br />cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27478347148797708562013-03-10T19:04:09.873+00:002013-03-10T19:04:09.873+00:00Well, I suppose that it is not a priority for any ...Well, I suppose that it is not a priority for any government in the current climate. But the current government got the tv station and the grant for language learning has increased.<br /><br />The trouble with offering courses is that there are not enough teachers competent to teach. I imagine that to do that anywhere other than the islands, and perhaps Glasgow (maybe even Edinburgh) every single Gaelic speaker would ahve to be employed as a teacher!<br /><br />Not everyone wants to do it, and some Gaelic speakers, like those of other languages, speak the language badly, ungrammatically... and wouldn't want to face kids every day.<br /><br />You should encourage your mother to speak the language to you, and profit from her knowledge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-7739417162106430142013-03-10T18:44:16.944+00:002013-03-10T18:44:16.944+00:00The Bunny one made me laugh.The Bunny one made me laugh.Marcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-76623735272792358472013-03-10T18:25:47.573+00:002013-03-10T18:25:47.573+00:00A word that I am looking how to spell is 'wham...A word that I am looking how to spell is 'whamels' if you ken fit that is.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-16733156727517112972013-03-10T18:23:43.971+00:002013-03-10T18:23:43.971+00:00Gaelic is a lovely language. My wee grannie speaks...<i>Gaelic is a lovely language. My wee grannie speaks it as her first language. <br /><br />As does my mother, but not me. It seems to be a dying language, which is a shame.</i><br /><br />Do you not speak to your mother?<br /><br />And then this.<br /><br /><i>This area is one of Holyroods biggest dropped balls. And all parties are to blame on this. <br /><br />Fingers out!</i><br /><br />Blaming others for your own obvious laziness sums you up to a a tee.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-57023462220500958452013-03-10T16:59:05.298+00:002013-03-10T16:59:05.298+00:00It is a tragedy. And the question we need to ask i...It is a tragedy. And the question we need to ask is just how aggressive has our Holyrood politicians been in trying to make it easier to learn.<br /><br />Access to gaelic lessons in mainstream schooling is something that ought to happen, alongside French and German. Why are we learning foreign languages while ignoring our own? English isn't my natural language - and it does perturb me that I'm a language exile ... in my own bloody country. <br /><br />The worst thing is, I can see the language actually dying off - within my own family. Gran goes, then its only mum (and she by now hasn't spoken it in so long her skills are reduced).<br /><br />Its worrying. And forcing local councils to stick up sign posts in Gaelic as well as English simply isn't good enough.<br /><br />This area is one of Holyroods biggest dropped balls. And all parties are to blame on this. They are all of them too central belt gravitated. That goes for the SNP too. I have big problems with their attitudes to highlands and islands issues. Their crofting reforms are as messy as the Labour ones which went before.<br /><br />Fingers out!Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.com