Sutton_blows_goats 5,381 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 Oh well it was nice have big Kas while we did. I'll be shocked if he is back fit before May. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,047 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 10 minutes ago, Rousseau said: I'm very disappointed no one has noticed my promotion I crave pardon, Sire. My eyes were dim, I did not see. I did not have my specs with me. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,170 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 1 hour ago, Rousseau said: I'm very disappointed no one has noticed my promotion, even if it wasn't announced with great fanfare as it ought to have been. I now have access to the Caird of Purest Yellae. Well congratulations (or something) 😀😀 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,709 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 49 minutes ago, Scott7 said: I crave pardon, Sire. My eyes were dim, I did not see. I did not have my specs with me. You are safe from the Yellae Caird. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,761 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 3 hours ago, Rousseau said: You are safe from the Yellae Caird. Shouldn't this be Yella Caird? Well, at least in Scots. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,709 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 8 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Shouldn't this be Yella Caird? Well, at least in Scots. 'Yella' sounds off, to me. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,761 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 21 minutes ago, Rousseau said: 'Yella' sounds off, to me. YELLA, adj. v. n. Also yelly (Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Auld Clay Biggin 22; Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 106; Fif. Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 276; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein); yalla (Abd. 1920 R. H. Calder Gleanings 4; s.Sc. 1926 H. McDiarmid Drunk Man 25; Ags. 1934 H. B. Cruickshank Noran Water 10; Sh. ne. wm. s.Sc. 1974), yallow (Abd. 1754 R. Forbes Journal 24; Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 71; Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 53; Kcd. 1929 Montrose Standard (30 Aug.)); yallie (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 276). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. yellow (Uls. 1900 A. McIlroy Craig Linnie Burn 125; Dmf. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 15; Ayr. 1923 Wilson D. Burns 195). See P.L.D. § 94.[′jɛlə; Sh. ne.Sc. s.Sc. ′jɑle] I. adj. 1. Sc. form of Eng. yellow.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 18: I min' ae nicht, fin straikin ye, Yer coat o yalla tortyshell Ceest on the air a balmy smell, Its sweet reek yoamt aa ower me. https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/yella 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,095 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 3 hours ago, CammyF said: Well congratulations (or something) 😀😀 You will now have a key to the boardroom lavvy now 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,709 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 6 minutes ago, der Berliner said: YELLA, adj. v. n. Also yelly (Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Auld Clay Biggin 22; Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 106; Fif. Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 276; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein); yalla (Abd. 1920 R. H. Calder Gleanings 4; s.Sc. 1926 H. McDiarmid Drunk Man 25; Ags. 1934 H. B. Cruickshank Noran Water 10; Sh. ne. wm. s.Sc. 1974), yallow (Abd. 1754 R. Forbes Journal 24; Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 71; Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 53; Kcd. 1929 Montrose Standard (30 Aug.)); yallie (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 276). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. yellow (Uls. 1900 A. McIlroy Craig Linnie Burn 125; Dmf. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 15; Ayr. 1923 Wilson D. Burns 195). See P.L.D. § 94.[′jɛlə; Sh. ne.Sc. s.Sc. ′jɑle] I. adj. 1. Sc. form of Eng. yellow.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 18: I min' ae nicht, fin straikin ye, Yer coat o yalla tortyshell Ceest on the air a balmy smell, Its sweet reek yoamt aa ower me. https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/yella I'd pronounce it - when I wasn't pronouncing it properly... - more like 'Yelly', or 'yellie'; never 'yella'. I wonder of it's a regional thing? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,047 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 41 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Shouldn't this be Yella Caird? Well, at least in Scots. @Rousseau is in Edinburgh. He speaks posh. Where I am it’s “yalla”. Some benighted folk will say “yally” but generally your proposition is correct. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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