Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Great Regulars: He may have lived his working life

in South Africa, but Charles Murray did not lose command of his native Aberdeenshire tongue, nor, judging by this robustly (to our eyes) incorrect piece, his couthy sense of humour. A new edition of Hamewith (with glossary) has been published by Alden Press, priced £9.99.

The Golden Age

I'll leave you the lasses that's still i' their teens,

from The Scotsman: Poem of the Week

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