Comments on: "Auld lang syne" = "old long ago"

"Auld lang syne" = "old long ago"

alumshubby — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 05:35:06 -0800

Did you sing it last night? If so, do you know what it means? Burns didn't orginally write it, but he certainly made sure we'll never forget it.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 06:30:23 -0800

> Did you sing it last night? I tried, but ilka time I get tae "We twa hae run aboot the braes / And pu'd the gowans fine," ma tongue aye gaes agley.

By: dorian

dorian — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 07:36:39 -0800

also, scots everywhere will thank you to sing 'sine' rather than 'zyne'.

By: scruss

scruss — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 07:47:34 -0800

... and I always thought it was about the ancient way of calculating double-precision transcendental functions ...

By: 1016

1016 — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:11:54 -0800

Was in Aberdeen for a rugby tournament a few years ago...my Welsh buddy would point to the Burns snippets that appeared on the sides of municipal buses and say, "Oh! The beauty of it all!" Of course, he had no idea what the hell it all meant, either.

By: SteelyDuran

SteelyDuran — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:39:43 -0800

Lear yersels the richt wey o't! The Flag in the Wind: "Enjoy our Scots Language section where you can both read words, poems and stories as well as listen to them..." [This is dynamite!] The Soond o Scots: "Fae poetry tae stories an bairn's rhymes — hearken til't — it's braw!" The Scots Reader: "A tak it ye'll nou be wantin something tae read. The lave o this wabsteid will be in Scots!" Scots Tung: "Eydently Campaignin For The Scots Leid" Scots Online: "Pittin the mither tongue on the wab!"

By: raygirvan

raygirvan — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:24:24 -0800

Burns Heh. I notice that the alleged complete works at www.robertburns.org ignores his Merry Muses of Caledonia (PDF - bawdy, but sufficiently incomprehensible to be SFW).

By: yossarian1

yossarian1 — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:17:58 -0800

It makes perfect sense when you're drunk!