Christmas i the mither leid

[glenlivet]

I considered risking a hijack of the thread about the True Meaning of Christmas, but instead decided I wasn't going to get all aggressively proselytizing on everyone.

Just for your amusement, if you're at all interested in the Biblical Christmas story (oh yeah, what were the first 6 letters?), and interested in Scots as a language, you might be interested in this reading:Tom Fleming reading from the 1st chapter of Luke's gospel

[Jack Daw]

I got nothing, but a blank acreen, G.

[glenlivet]

I got nothing, but a blank acreen, G.

Don't you have RealPlayer or Win MediaPlayer set up to auto load MP3 files? This is a link to an audio clip, should start playing if you have your speakers on.

[Jack Daw]

Apparently, not. I'm using my pc at work and things get installed and removed by the IT Department all the time. I'll listen when I get home.

[Livingston]

Using my personal notebook it just went to a download. So, I'll listen to it later.

[Spartan]

Thanks for posting that! It worked fine for me.

[Jack Daw]

I was able to play it at home. I enjoyed it all the more that it was done seriously. Thanks.

[glenlivet]

Yes, it was a reading of Lorimer's translation of the New Testament into Scots. There is available a recording of Tom Fleming reading all of the Gospels from this translation. I wish he had done the entire New Testament. Moreover, I wish Lorimer had done the entire Bible, but we take what we can get.

If you're interested in the recording, it's sold at the same site where I linked to the sample MP3.

It's kind of like listening to Billy Connolly reading Chaucer! Pretty cool. LIkewise reading the book bends my American brain into a mobius strip.