In English please?

**ccga3359** · 21st August 07, 08:38 PM

I don't speak/read Scots, I only discovered it here. I an follow along for the most part. I find if I read it phonetically in a Scottis accent I can pretty much get the gist of the post. Seeing posts in Scots is pretty much part of the magic here at XMarks. It's certainly part of the culture of many on this forum. I doubt you'll see any translations, only responses in English. If at any time I find I can't quite follow the thread, I'm ok with that. I don't need to read every thread

**ardchoille** · 21st August 07, 08:51 PM

Hmm.. I guess I'll just skip those threads.

**Peter C.** · 21st August 07, 08:58 PM

It is not scots it is simply English with a Scottish accent written phonetically.

Peter

**ardchoille** · 21st August 07, 09:09 PM

I guess I shouldn't have taken all those English classes in college.

**ccga3359** · 21st August 07, 09:10 PM

The main culprit would be Pour1Malt. You must forgive our dear Robertson. By no fault of his own he was born in a place that is unfamiliar with the proper pronuciation of the Queen's English. I could try to translate as best as I can but I'm afraid that my translation might be less than acurate. For example P1M once responded to my post with "guid oan ya". I believe translated he said "get your bloody hair cut, you look like an effing girl". I hope this helps.

**cavscout** · 21st August 07, 09:13 PM

Say, didn't the English try this old trick once before?

Alba Gu Brath!

**Peter C.** · 21st August 07, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by cavscout

Say, didn't the English try this old trick once before?

Alba Gu Brath!

All we English have done is try to work out what you have done to our language. In Australia they speak good English. In South Africa they speak good English. The English speakers in India speak good English. Here in the US of A they speak a strange language which they do call English.

Peter

**Clockwork John** · 21st August 07, 10:49 PM

JUst be glad none of us are posting in Gaelic... That would be really confusing!

**Mike1** · 22nd August 07, 04:09 AM

OK, OK, enough of the subtle jokes. This is a very real and very serious issue in Scotland's school system and we've no place mocking the situation.

Ardchoille, here is your solution -

User CP > Control Panel > Miscellaneous > Buddy / Ignore Lists > Ignore List > Add New User to List > Save List

If you find a member's posts upsetting you, you can easily ignore that member with the above steps.

We're ranging between 350 - 500 posts each day, so ignoring a handful really won't make much difference in the overall scheme of things.

**HeathBar** · 22nd August 07, 05:48 AM

Please don't give up on P1M's theads. He's taken us on so many different photographic journeys of the Scottish countryside. Yes, when he first came on board, his posts were a bit confusing to read. But not impossible to read. Its the same words we use, just spelled differently. One thing I learned is that "ken" = "know". Remember that and you'll be OK.