Re: History of the Breton Language

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:16:09 GMT, John
<guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Michilín wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:30:53 GMT, John
>> <guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Michilín wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:47:49 GMT, Bob and Doris Jones
>>>><bobianjones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>John wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Michilín wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In the Scottish Central Belt (the area between and including
Glasgow
>>>>>>>and Edinburgh) there is a phenomenon known as the "Scottish Cringe"
>>>>>>>where the people have ben taught to feel inferior to England. In
the
>>>>>>>two more warlike parts of Scotland, the Borders and the Highlands,
>>>>>>>this has not happened, but the fact that this cringe is used to
impose
>>>>>>>English-style social class pressure on Scots is extremely bad news,
>>>>>>>especially in view of the highly visible slogan of Burn's famous
>>>>>>>dictum that "A man's a man for all that" (everyone is equal), which
>>>>>>>seems to be accompanied by the addendum "providing he doesn't speak
>>>>>>>Scots at the office."   
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Or emigrate to Canada.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>John
>>>>>
>>>>>Playing the man not the ball, matey ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, it's called loser's jealousy. A lot of Scots were turned down for
>>>>being outrageous bedwetters.
>>>
>>>Yes, you must be very proud of still retaining some measure of urinary 
>>>continence at your age. Well done!
>>>
>>>John
>> 
>> 
>> Indeed! I shall be 74 on Saint Nicholas' Day and I still don't use
>> adult diapers. I sense that my only moment of voluntary incontinence
>> will come when I finally have the pleasure of pissing on your grave.
>> As two heart specialists have assured me that, barring accident or
>> outraged husbands from my chequered past, I shall live to see 120
>> years behind me, pissing on your grave is going to be one of the few
>> highlights of my declining years; a prospect to which I look forward
>> with the keenest pleasure and anticipation.
>> 
>> I have only ever once seen someone piss on someone else's grave; a
>> friend of mine who asked me to keep a lookout while he paid his final
>> respects to his stepfather who had been interred mere hours earlier,
>> surrounded by weeping but grateful heirs - he left $32 million to his
>> oldest son, who stood smirking hideously at the graveside, clearly
>> reviewing the assets entrusted to his greedy grasp. My friend was
>> given a great deal of unsolicited advice in the deceased's will, but
>> not a penny in cash. 
>> 
>> I was quite pleased to be present at the pee-in, as it gave me a sense
>> of having witnessed something essentially mediaeval, not to mention
>> well-merited - I had known the pissee prior to his demise and felt he
>> got away lightly, although in all fairness he did once offer me a
>> refill after serving me a miniscule shot of Bowmore Malt, which
>> resulted in a faint dampness at the bottom of the already
>> inadequately-sized glass. With an air of poverty-struck but still
>> aristocratic grandeur I refused the offer, muttering something
>> suitable about the initial dampness having been sufficient treat and a
>> word or two about the drinking and driving laws - a faint hope in this
>> instance!
>> 
>> My friend later contracted various illnesses associated with his
>> debauched lifestyle, mostly spent drinking (and worse) in the company
>> of loose women and on his deathbed advised me to hang on as long as I
>> could as dying was "a f***ing bore". I had never heard death described
>> in those terms before and realized that I was losing a friend who may
>> have been a total rounder but had many redeeming features; in
>> particular a tendency to laugh uproariously at my more plangent
>> remarks to those who displeased me, like you, dear John...
>
>Gratifying to think you care, Mike.
>
>I plan to die in Scotland and have no plans to visit Canada, so, barring 
>the very unlikely, you would have to make a very long, special journey 
>to dribble your wrinkled old twig in the manner you describe.
>
>I, on the other hand, would not even cross the street to piss on *your* 
>grave. I suppose I will miss you when you do shuffle off; your bilingual 
>pontifications are sometimes funny. Sometimes even intentionally.
>
>John

Please don't tell me you read my posts - it's so insulting.

Murchadh