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:-((Off we go again :-((
"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to BAC ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : Now I understand better why Burns said, " Oh what a gift, a gift to gie us, to see ourselves as others see us". Wasn't it "the giftie gie us"? Quite possibly. In fact, I remembered it as 'the giftie gie us', but when I googled it there were umpteen 'alternatives' and I chose one which I thought looked a reasonable near standard English translation, not knowing what a 'giftie' is. I research Scottish dialect to write ridiculous kids' books in a Oor Wullie stylee. Sad, eh? Not at all, it sounds good to me. |
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