Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Author : Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Crombie Jardine Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1848398042
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Author : Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 9781433702075
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Author : Angela Cran
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Humor
ISBN :
Presenting a sweeping picture of Scottish culture and society through the words of its principal poets, novelists, dramatists and critics, this is a collection of 4,000 quotations and is an essential tool for the serious student of Scottish life.
Author : Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Crombie Jardine Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 11,66 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1848393601
A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.
Author : Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Crombie Jardine Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1848398247
Scotland has had its fair share of comedians, both professional and self-styled, but the wit of Scotland is not traditionally of the ha-ha, belly-laugh variety. It's rather of the understated, wry-smile type, known in Scotland as 'pawkie' humour. The Concise Scots Dictionary defines 'pawkie' as having a matter-of-fact, humorously critical outlook on life, characterized by a sly, quiet wit and this sums it up very well. Alas, this dry stryle of humour has the disadvantage that, unlike the obvious joke, it can go unnoticed. It's partly for this reason that the Scots have acquired a reputation for being dour or humourless, but often the fault has been with the hearers not recognizing wit when it was presented to them. There is less need to explain the wisdom of the Scots, since Scotland, especially considering its size, has produced over the centuries a great number of people who have made a significant contribution to the shaping of the world. These have included people from a wide range of disciplines, such as poets, philosophers, novelists, artists, architects, engineers, explorers, doctors, scientists and so on, and the thoughts of some of these are included in the selection of sayings and quotations in this book.
Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher :
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
ISBN :
Author : Henry Percy Smith
Publisher :
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 1895
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2006
Category :
ISBN : 9781433702693
A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.
Author : Ian Crofton
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 2017-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780274287
From A to Z, this book presents a fascinating gallimaufry of curious items embracing sayings, put-downs, insults, mottos, traditions, legends, folklore, customs, festivals, games, songs, dances, nicknames and much, much more.
Author : Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Scots language
ISBN : 9780857645333