Robinhood Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 aultymer - 2011-11-02 8:12 AM No fur the furst time I staun correctit. I was relying on a 50 year old memory of my English teachers translation of Burns. (Later in life I was to discover how flawed her tecnique, of analysing every single word in isolation, was!) Had I bothered to look at one of the many Burns books in the house I would have seen the capitalisation and looked at the glossary showing 'giftie' = a gift. "That man to man the world o'er, shall brithers be for a' that" I'm not sure whether you're blaming it on your English teacher , or your English teacher......... ......but I can probably guess! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aultymer Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 She was a Scot who tried to teach english! Maybe NOT a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Can any one tell me is this boring, booring, or boaring. I never could spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 knight of the road - 2011-11-01 9:40 PM In order to calm the situation down and have a laugh, anyone wanna buy one of my beautiful hand made birdboxes (lol) only joking, not trying to plug my wares. That's just cruel ... fancy plugging up the hole ... how do the poor little dickie birds get in and out! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 francisgraham - 2011-11-02 8:04 AMBrian Kirby - 2011-11-02 7:38 AM Pedant's corner? :-DPedant's Corner? Surely there're more than one of us? ;-)Threeche!! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Colin Leake - 2011-11-02 5:22 PM Can any one tell me is this boring, booring, or boaring. I never could spell! Probably Boering, actually! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinhood Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Brian Kirby - 2011-11-02 6:45 PM Probably Boering, actually! :-D Wasn't he the head of the Afrikaans Air Force? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I thought that Boering made the Jumbo Jet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 You would. Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlowie Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 francisgraham - 2011-11-01 8:16 PM My experience of Tracker is of a devious and slimy individual who is underhand and delights in stirring trouble, just for the sake of it. His favourite ploy seems to be to post something nasty and inflammatory and then, when taken to task, claim that he was just doing it for fun, or to provoke a discussion. No he doesn't, he is a genuinely sly and snide person as I and several other longer serving members will testify. OOOOOOOOOPS! It looks like 'The Jolly Fisherman' is going to need a bigger hook if he's taking on FG... 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna miller Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Why resurect an old thread just to stir things up? I'm sure Francis is more than capable of deciding for himself who, if anybody, he will allow "to take him on" without you goading people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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