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The Dialect & Accent Meme

I caught this meme from Becca’s blog, and it was quite well-timed as was having this discussion earlier on twitter with some tweeple! Can you tell it’s the end of a long day?  And yes. It is still...

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Hurricane Bawbag

Well, it’s been an exciting day. Yesterday our country got given a ‘Red Alert’ weather warning as a storm was headed our way. Some of you live in lands where tornados, hurricanes and cyclones are...

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24 days of Christmas: Ye never see daylicht on Ne’erday (by Fran)

Fran Brady was born in Dundee and is a graduate of St Andrews University. After a varied career in the voluntary sector, she turned from charity management to creative writing. In five years, she has...

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Oh what a sleekit horrible beastie

Today is the birthday of Robert Burns (Rabbie Burns as we call him in Scotland). My friend posted this poem written in Scots – a parody of one of Rabbie’s most famous poems. It’s already had about 11...

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Scotland kicks organ donor butt!

I saw a WONDERFUL piece of news yesterday that had been posted by Abby & Hope’s ‘Sign Up, Speak Up, Save Lives‘ campaign facebook page. Scotland has now broken a record for the organ donor...

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Fittie in the Foam

So. Apparently we’re getting another stormy winter. You might remember the drama from ‘Hurricane Bawbag‘ last year. Well on Monday night the storms were raging across the UK once again. On Tuesday...

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A day I never thought would happen…

…today I realised something. That I actually agreed with David Cameron on something. Never, ever, ever can I remember a time when a Conservative’s opinion was also mine!   I remember the last...

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Travelling Tuesday Throwback – My worktown!

The summer of 2006 is one of the best summers I can remember. It was the summer I graduated university, I went on holiday 3 times, I got my first post-graduate job and the weather was AMAZING (except...

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A is for April Fools

    So given that I’m finished with uni for a few months, I needed a new project. Especially as I’m going to have weeks free from Girlguiding meetings and no time off from work during the Easter...

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Tomorrow…

…the people living in Scotland have a decision to make. To separate or stick with the United Kingdom. The following is the status I put on my facebook after many friends from outside of Scotland (some...

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