George's Mingin Medicine as theclassreader - why, exactly??

[SirChenjin]

Apart from the SNP'S obsession with all things Scoa'ish obviously . We don't speak like that, none of our friends or family do, I don't understand the majority of the words and have no idea how to pronounce them - so when I listen to him reading I haver no idea of what he's saying is correct and then have to sign his readi g record. They would have been better giving him a book written in Mandarin - far more relevant and about as understandable to 99% of his class.

Those Dahl translations are used for lots of reasons, some of which you could cover with an original text, some you couldn't.

One of the things you couldn't do with an original text is compare it to the untranslated version, which is really useful to be able to do.

Out of curiosity - why are you looking up the words for him? How does that help his dictionary skills?

I'll swap you, Sir, as Burns night approaches, for the delights of the Scots Poem Homework. You listen to my DCs endless repetition and I'll do yours!

Excellent - Mini Chen and The Book know where to find you now. He likes lots of expressive voices and a wee cuddle while you're reading to him.

Oh god no - I'd forgotten that it was almost Burns time again

I'll happily swap you a few lines of a poem for a book - nae borra hen.

I'd forgotten that it was almost Burns time again

Last year DD learned "Ye canny shove yer granny aff the bus," for Burns, I'm intrigued to find out what she'll do this year

ItsAll, you'll find out soon enough - over and over and over again...

With actions.....

I leave Burns to DH and tell him it's "character building"

And on that note I'm off to bed. Night all

I leave Burns to DH and tell him it's "character building" I've taught Burns poetry to actual real life English children. The poor wee things must have been scarred for life.

pan-loafy?

Pan loaf isn't archaic - it's a treat. Though I have to cut the crusts of to fit it my toaster. Pan bread toasted with proper butter....

I'd been home for a while, got back and asked for barm cakes. I'm surprised I wasn't marched back to the border...

Bread rolls!! And why is more time not given to important linguistic debates such as roll on sausage v roll and sausage? roasted or toasted cheese?

Errmm, I think you'll find it's Cheese on Toast.... :o

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to buy morning rolls anywhere. My square sausage on a Sunday just isn't quite right.

Pan loaf tastes disgusting until it is toasted and then becomes the food of the gods.

roll on sausage v roll and sausage

Surely roll n sausage?

My Scottish MiL is staying and we were talking about Scots words. DH apparently uses some she has never heard of, and certainly doesn't use. But, to the unfamiliar ear she sounds very Scottish and he, not so much. We have friends from Stirling (DH is from Fife, MiL Dundee/Fife) who were bewildered by some of his words, as was MiL.

Oxster, anyone?

Roasted, but sadly I don't have a grill. A bit of confusion on the bread front. I call the proper stuff with the crusts plain and the bog standard pan.

Had to read Tam o Shanter to DD3 last week to explain to her how her My Little Pony had likely come to lose her tale. The Peter Howson illustrated edition is one of my prized possessions.

Oxters is armpits but I haven't heard this for ages. But I grew up in central Scotland and now live in Edinburgh.

I think the problem is that writing in Scots seems to be a mish mash of words from different areas. Words in Dundee can mean bugger all in the borders etc. But you can generally work out what someone is saying because it is in context. Sometimes I don't think Scots works in the constraints of a written language and It often appears to be a bit fake and forced.