I ran this through a Scottish to English online translation service.
Funny, I never knew that Scottish has so many extra words.
Come on guys. (Or cum on guys if you’re into that). Let’s raise the bar here.
If she’s in a chair, she might not be able to see above said bar. Problem solved.
No we wouldn’t.
Umm, wait a minute, that came out sounding wrong.
She’s really from Leeds apparently, but just put on the accent because she’s in Scotland. Just like she’d really been reading for 18 months, but pretended not to know about umkay in case we didn’t believe her. Then re-enacted umkays early posts and used English vocabulary in her Scottish act.
I can’t see how anyone ever doubted her.
So who’s umkay?
A simple search will tell you all you need to know; But you knew that
I’m going to go on record and say that I think you’re all jumping to unreasonable conclusions.
I can see why you’re all suspicious, but at the moment, you’re basing conclusions on weak inference -adding two plus two to make five hundred.
This is suspicion, not skepticism.
I’d rather say this, be wrong and be shown (by evidence) that this member is a troll, than assume (on flimsy inference) that she is a troll, then be wrong about that.
Good one!
Reminds me of one Calvin and Hobbes strip. Calvin is sitting in front of a television. He then turns to the reader (is that called “breaking the 4th wall”?) and asks, “Why do Japanese people’s mouths keep moving after they’ve stopped talking?” If anyone can dig up the date that one ran, I’d appreciate it.
Aha! So the secret’s out now. PhD means pretty horrible doctor.
Actually, didna or didnae would have been perfectly acceptable,but I’ve never seen someone write it spaced out “I did nae”.
Well I prefer to write nae and as you’re not Scottish you’re opinion is academic anyway.
Well **Jaymac1 **has now agreed to meet Cinnamon Imp 2pm today (if I’ve worked out the timezones right). So, either way, this should be interesting.
Well more academic than if you are Scottish I guess.
Not so easy. Count me as one of the uninitiated who would have appreciated a brief recap instead of having to wade through all Umkay’s posts to figure out what is going on here.
After 15 minutes of reading through posts, here’s the most useful, which I think should answer anyone’s questions:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15203528#post15203528
Weel Ah prefer tae write nae an’ as YOO’RE nae scottish YER opinion is academic anywae.
You’re welcome.
Aye, Guid morning, and guid health. Hope all are enjoyin’ a nice plate of haggis, neeps, and tatties with a fine clootie puddin’ besides.
In the spirit of fighting ignorance, may I offer this translation? One never knows what the day will bring:
Ma hoovercraft’s full o eyls
Goad a’michty! Ma dampt hoovercraft’s breemin’ ower wi bluiddy eyls!
Ma wee hovirkreftie afornent lippert owt per wip pimperneels
(My hovercraft is full of eels. From Monty Python’s Flying Circus)
Are you saying that no true Scotsman would write like that?
(When I registered under this name, I didn’t realize there was a person with a similar name already here. Is possible to change my name, or is it against the rules for me to register again under a different name? I can see some confusion potentially arising here.)
You can request a name change by emailing a mod. Don’t re-register, as that is against the rules.
Thanks. Will do…