Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The best part of having www.scotsman.com as my permanent homepage...

... is looking at the bottom of each article to find readers' furious spats about current events, often written in raging Scots dialect.

Example of a spat between an English respondent and a Scottish respondent, found in the forum at the bottom of an article about how a BBC documentary has basterdized and trivialized Scottish history:
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CROSSED GEORGE (an English respondent)
11/03/2008 02:38:43


True, the [article] headline is a joke, and this newspaper inflames the rubbish these people spout, see the reaction I get when I defend my constantly criticised country. Scottish like to dish it out, but hate it when they get it back

Wisnaeme,wisnae there (a Scottish respondent)
11/03/2008 03:54:22


Awa an chase yer dragon, George.

Gie's peace.

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