In "honour" of Burns..

[Beowulf]

Sorry.. but this popped into my head ..

"Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous Forumite
O, ye post here baith day and night!
Thou some o' whit ye post be sh*te,
an mindless prattle!
I wad be laith to gan an neg-rep thee,
an start an ither forum battle!"

can you do better

[Mezzosoprano]

Sorry.. but this popped into my head ..

"Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous Forumite
O, ye post here baith day and night!
Thou some o' whit ye post be sh*te,
an mindless prattle!
I wad be laith to gan an neg-rep thee,
an start an ither forum battle!"

can you do better

I don't think I can! Unless I parodied "To a Louse"? Which is probably not a good idea!

[CJ]

(Ma Hoggie: verse 1 done from memory so spelling might be iffy)

Ma Forum

What shid I dae, gin ma forum die?
My joy, my pride, my forum
My only hobbie, I had nae ma'e
And, vow it has decorum
The wee lang nights, us in the faud
would write oor posts 'n' bore 'em
We heard nowt but the roaring lind
o' the ten that make the quorum

[Piglet]

Sorry nae poetry fae me... but...

The kids in my class are convinced that Robbie's twin children were Siamese twins - can anyone confirm or deny?

[Mezzosoprano]

Twins? Obviously my education on my national poet is lacking... can you enlighten me as I was only aware that there had been children... would have been pretty hard not to have children... he wasn't just a great poet.. he was a great philanderer too!

[Piglet]

Just did a search for "Robbie Burns - twin children" and got a great site - didn't keep a note of it, that gives a diary of his life - his twins were called Robert and Jean but there's no mention of them being Siamese twins - so I think my children in class have been mislead somewhere.

[whitetiger1518]

Just did a couple of searches for Rabbie Burns came up with these:

The National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/burns/index.htm Doesn't mention Twins - but does mention everything else

and from Learning and Teaching Scotland: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/search/index.asp

A whole load of hopefully helpful resources

Sorry I had to add those as I work for them

Work will stop right here - I will be found in only dance related threads from now on - no falling back into bad habits like working


Whitetiger

[Barry Shnikov]

Scottish poets! Wha's like us?

Only Macgonagall and he's deid...

[Trouble]

(Ma Hoggie: verse 1 done from memory so spelling might be iffy)

Ma Forum

What shid I dae, gin ma forum die?
My joy, my pride, my forum
My only hobbie, I had nae ma'e
And, vow it has decorum
The wee lang nights, us in the faud
would write oor posts 'n' bore 'em
We heard nowt but the roaring lind
o' the ten that make the quorum

is it me or is it me. !!! i can not make head nor tail of your accent...!!

[Double Trouble]

is it me or is it me. !!! i can not make head nor tail of your accent...!!

Get with the programme sis......EVERYBODY knows its Burns night tonight.

[Gav]

Get with the programme sis......EVERYBODY knows its Burns night tonight.

Lucky you're so switched on and didn't need to ask someone else to look it up for you eh?

[Double Trouble]

Lucky you're so switched on and didn't need to ask someone else to look it up for you eh?

Taxi...!

[whitetiger1518]

This might help start you off on some of the pronunciation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English

Whitetiger

[Mezzosoprano]

Rather than parody this... felt it was worth leaving as Burns wrote it himself

Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a' that,)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that.

[Beowulf]

Unless I parodied "To a Louse"? Which is probably not a good idea!

I'll gae.. ahem sorry..
I'll Give it a shot

Tae a Trampy

Ha! Whare ye gaun, ye spinnin ferlie?
Your flaircraft protects you sairly,
I can but say ye Yo-Yo rarely
an ye'll nae lose face,
Tho I see yi use the travelling move fairly
when ye hae the space.

Ye lanky, spinnin, big Galoot
I see ye tak a speedy route,
it's nae fair to be in pursuit
oh Sae fine a lady!
to defile an corrupt wan si cute
Wi Yer moves sae shady...

I got stuck here.. so I'll skip tae.. (jeez.. once you start ye canna stop.. am begin tae soun' lik Am a cross between Scotty fae Star Trek and wan o yon loons fae Brigadoon ye ken? ) ..AHEM!! I'll skip TO the end

O wad some Moderator the giftie gie us
To read oor posts as ithers read us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' lose guid reputation:
Nae Offensive posts and a' wid lea'e us,
wi muckle mare freenly conversation

I apologise profusely for (a) my murderous use of the Scots language and (b) to our Southern Forumites who haven't got a clue what I just wrote

[Mezzosoprano]

Wow! That was absolutely fabulous! You've made my night!!

[Dreadful Scathe]

is it me or is it me. !!! i can not make head nor tail of your accent...!!

its not an accent, its Scots, which is a separate language altogether. Beowulfs attempt is much better, far too much English in CJs

[Beowulf]

its not an accent, its Scots, which is a separate language altogether. Beowulf's attempt is much better, far too much English in CJ's

Thanks In my defence, I'm from Burns Country originally. Stayed in Dumfries for about 4-5 years (Used to drink in Rabbie's own local pub.. "the Howff") and we were all force fed Burns Poetry in Primary school.

Truth be told, I'm more often accused of being Irish or English than I am accused of being Scottish. Many years of Speech therapy and moving around the country will tend to dull one's natural accent somewhat..