“Ach! Yir still spirlie and ill-thriven, whit’s adae wi ye? I’ve hud enough! Ah’m no waitin onie longer.” Translated: spirlie: thin, spindly. “Argh! You are still skinny and scraggy, what is wrong with you? I have had enough! I am not waiting any longer.” 31, Oct. 2009 skinny – Hansel and Gretel nearing the end.
Celebrating the 250th aniversary of Robert Burns with an excerpt from his poem ‘The Vision’. Where he doubts his ability and is visited by the Muse, the source of inspiration for creative artists, who knocks some sense into him. … There, lanely by the ingle-cheek, I sat and ey’d the spewing reek, That fill’d, wi’ [...]
“Weel, they’ve aboot got the costume right, but why they always think ahm a gigantic muckle lump like thon an still shin doon a lum beats me.” Translated: aboot: about, nearly. “Well, they have just about got the costume correct, but why they always think I’m a gigantic large lump like this here and still [...]
