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Greyghost · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:36 am Post subject:

Well I said it with a French accent and it sounded nice.

Are you calling me an old NAG Bill Question

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windem bang · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:46 am Post subject:

Well I said it with a Scottish accent and it sounded like an auld horse or cuddy ! Laughing

Which puts me in mind of a famous poem by a famous Scot - here goes.

..... "The cuddy rins amang the braes
and poos amang the neeburs claes,
the neeburs chase wi' muckle stoor,
but the mar they chase ,the mar he poos - the hoor !!!"

The original poem used a different word to poos but I am trying to be polite. Cool

Bill T.

Greyghost · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

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Wombat · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

Bill
We need a translation for us Southerners??

Wombat

Helen · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:18 am Post subject:

Bill! I thought you would be saying it in a french accent as well - shame on you :-p

Think we need a translation for all those who don't speak scottish lol

Helen

BritAnnie · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:

"The horse runs around the backyards
and sh - ts among the neighbours clothes,
the neighbours chase with a lot of anxst,
but the more they chase , the more he sh- -s - the proddy!!!"

Loses something in the translation, I think ............. Laughing

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windem bang · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

I have a differing translation to Annies

Washing used to be laid out on grassy slopes to dry in the sun. A "brae" in Scotland is a hillslope. An uphill road can be a brae too, it just means a slope or hill. As in - "By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes etc.etc. tra- la -la !"

So the horse was running wild among the laid out clean washing of the "neeburs" That would be the folk from a village or small part of a town.

It poos is translated very well by Annie to "it sh*ts . Amang is among . Claes is clothes . "Muckle" means a lot of and stoor is dust raised by sweeping in a house or similar or in this case by the neeburs feet as they try to catch the horse that is sh*!!*ng all over their nice newly cleaned washing ! ...... "the mar" is simply "the more."

I heard this poem when I was a wee boy and though I have forgotten many an excellent poem I have always remembered this one !

I was told it was one of Rabbie Burns lesser known ones dealing with the lives of ordinary people. He also did some rather naughty poems that never seem to see the light of day - or so I was told - I am far too morally upright and prudish a person to even listen to such poetry. Rolling Eyes

Bill T.

windem bang · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:

P.S. ----- "The hoor" should not really apply to a male horse for a "hoor" is Scottish for a whore .

Bill T.