Tara Widmer said:
A Scottish (Glasgwegian, in fact) friend of mine insists that there is a Scottish language - not Gaelic, but SCOTTISH. He said it is hundreds of years old and virtually extinct, although he was involved in a society of some sort dedicated to resurrecting it... we were looking at something re: this on the Internet once cos he was trynna prove to me what he was saying wasn't a load of crap.... tho since no-one on the list has said anything to this effect, now I'm beginning to wonder!
I was the one who started the Gaelic/Scottish language thing to do with the B&S setlist language blunder. I originally come from Banffshire (that's in Scotland for you non UK-ers) where we speak DORIC (a very strong dialect), which, in written form, is pretty near to 'Old Scottish' (with some very local words). As far as I know there is a society dedicated to the less used Lowland variety (for you non-Scottish types that's the populated bit from Glasgow to Edinburgh) Somehow I don't think Belle & Sebastian would write in any version of Scottish. Imagine that!!! It's already bad enough with B&S being described as Folk-Pop. Writing in Scottish they would then become Super-Folky. I've never liked the music journo habit of describing singers or groups as 'folk'. I think they forget that there might be a local folk music tradition. B&S certainly don't sound folk in the Scottish sense (thank God or whatever). I think I've been watching too much Discovery Channel. I'm off to dream of horses (maybe). The Laird of East Fountainbridge. "An Egg is good for you" - THE EGG Marketing Board ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------