Yesterday in the hundred acre wood, you wrote: <<I was the one who started the Gaelic/Scottish language thing to do with the B&S setlist language blunder.>> No, I must confess; it was me who began this language thread when I wrote that I thought the setlist would be written in Scottish. I believe the error comes from my non-use of some little face (ie. ;-)) or the wonderful squiggle (~) for sarcasm. I did write a message explaining this, but I counted to ten and thought that I had best delete it. I took the squiggle a wee bit too near the nasty side for my own comfort--blame it on writing late at night. When I was in Scotland, everyone I met did speak English--and I was also relieved to learn that no one wore furs or painted their faces blue anymore. [In this case, I will use the face ;-) to denote that that sentence was written with humourous intent.] I did not make a blunder; I was being cheeky. It all went wrong somewhere. I knew someone during the fall who was from Switzerland; she would ask people what language they speak in her country. To upset her, the answer given should be Swiss. Then she would launch into a narrative of Swiss history and culture. Some people would say Swiss just to upset her. I was more than surprised to learn that she spent the first seven years of her life in the US, before moving. I asked her about it--and she told me she had only vague memories of that time in her life. I thought it more than a little suspicious that she had little memory of seven years! Now she writes me letters, in English, that she is bored in the Alps. I would not mind being bored in the Alps. :-) My dubiously Swiss friend also thought that I _only_ listened to Belle and Sebastian. Whenever she asked me what I was listening to on my walkman, it would be B&S. She stopped asking after a while; she already knew the answer. Living and loving Matthew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------