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By: bi polar, bi polar disorder, bi polar dis orders, manic depression

bi polar, bi polar disorder, bi polar dis orders, manic depression — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:48:20 +0000

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By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:32:57 +0000

Six years ago, I might have had a little trouble getting a few things you said. Now your English sounds like English should, and lacks the whiny twang mine seems to have acquired in that time. And next to my friend from Stranraer, even I would win prizes for clarity and diction, so I won’t even bother to take that one any further.

By: Gorilla Bananas

Gorilla Bananas — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:56:37 +0000

I did, Sam, but only because Dr Maroon once did it. I remember these things.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:20:36 +0000

Hi Jen – nothing like himself, eh?

Nanas – did you just rhyme Scots with stoats?

Kara, you’ll never believe this but Peigi Morag inspired everything Amy Winehouse has ever recorded.

Pat, if I can do it anybody can – give it a shot folks! I’d love to hear y’all.

Daphne, I know the McSporrans well. Keep a close eye on your biscuit tin – that’s all I’m saying.

Mary, yeah! Do it! By the way are you suggesting that my accent is akin to a significant speech impediment? You wouldn’t be the first.

Wee Bro, you are quite right – you are in no position to talk, ya wee niaff, ya. Who are you calling raw? Come here til I box your ears! Altogether now “post offeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!”

Medbh – my stories are famously boring and I am requested by parents all over the town to put their children to sleep. Some adults too. I’m thinking of charging double for them.

By: Medbh

Medbh — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:19:14 +0000

Your girls must fall right to sleep when you lull them with the bedtime stories, Sam.

By: wee niaff

wee niaff — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:54:11 +0000

omg!! raw as a peat and thick as a maw!!! your accent that is, although i’m one to talk.

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:18:54 +0000

Great story, and I could understand the taped version too, thanks to long, exhausting sessions with my Glaswegian driving instructor and an acquaintance from Stranraer with a significant speech impediment. What a service my Stranraer friend has unwittingly provided in helping me beef up my comprehension of spoken Scots. You have a style of writing that, while unique, reminds me just a little of both Mark Twain and Salman Rushdie — a great combination.

I’m a real Luddite, but if you’ve cracked it, perhaps I can too. Wonder when it will happen.

By: Daphne Wayne-Bough

Daphne Wayne-Bough — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:32:29 +0000

Och ye’d make a bonny Janet in Dr Finlay’s casebook, hen. I have listened to you, Pat and the Kim Ayres and feel I know you all now. Gorilla features as a character in one of the tales written by Doc Maroon and read by Kim, which is weird. In a nice way.

At least I didn’t have to listen to it 20 times before I understood it, which I did the first time I listened to Billy Connolly. That must be the influence of my lodger Angus McSporran.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:13 +0000

Everybody hog tail it over to Storyteller’s blog. It’s even better in the aurals. and it’s such a comfort that Sam sounds exactly as I had imagined.

By: kara

kara — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:56:04 +0000

I’m sure Amy Winehouse would be proud of Peigi-Morag’s personal rendition. She’d prolly empty a bottle over the side of the cliff and let everyone know that “this one is for my homies(Peigi-Morag)” in true starlette style. WEST SIDE!