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I really like your Scots Wha Hae font - would you be interested in
trading a copy of it for a copy of our Celtic Knot Font?
Sure. I warn you, however, that it's a very sloppy export and may not be
pretty unless you're in a program where you can control the kerning
(Corel, Adobe, Quark,
A few years ago I decided that, to go along with my unique Scots
orthography, I wanted new letterforms that weren't quite Celtic but not
Germanic, civilized but not entirely, Latin but not Catholic. :)
Tinkering in CorelDraw I came up with Scots Wha Hae, a sample of which
I've posted here:
Thanks to those of you who made suggestions.
I think I'm going to take the recommendation that I learn the tin whistle.
The idea is to pick up some music theory and a discerning ear, and it
seems a very friendly instrument to the neophyte. And failing any
progress to other instruments, the tin
Bob writes:
There's a usenet group for pipers. The feeling is unanamous that one
needs to have a teacher to learn the pipes.
That's what I feared. I guess we had one locally for a while, then he
went postal and was fired by the university.
By gateway instrument, you might mean tin whistle.
Let me make here my ardent plea for web resources devoted to teaching the
musically incompetent the bagpipes. Failing that, I'll settle for a
gateway instrument. I'm not kidding. Simple for simple minds.
--
Ian J. L. Adkins
District Staff Officer for Communication Services
Great Lakes
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Subject: ACNS3681 Scottish Episcopalians celebrate Anglican Communion
origins From:Anglican Communion News Service
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Toby Rider said:
Can you believe it?
http://www.tonguetied.us/archives/000643.php
Oh, I believe it. Have you seen any textbooks recently? Everything has
been sanitized. I keep imagine little workers bees in blue coveralls
buzzing around the basement of the Ministry of Truth rewriting
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Unsubscribe yourself! Or is it that you want it through a pick-up window
in a brown sack with extra ketchup packets?
Away and boil your
Hey, what's with the scarlet nought of shame? I wasn't seriously offering
an answer! What is this, punishment for being cheeky? I demand a
recount...!
Nigel Gatherer said:
Toby Rider wrote:
Hey, don't I get 1 point for damp harps?? :-) LOL...
Ted 16
Philip 3
John
Well, it's an improvement...!
Toby Rider said:
I like 0.01 :-)
Dr Ian Adkins SO-CS 9ER-03 wrote:
Hey, what's with the scarlet nought of shame? I wasn't seriously
offering an answer! What is this, punishment for being cheeky? I
demand a recount...!
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I'm not aware of anything that does that, but there's a lot of
freeware/shareware out there to convert ABC to MIDI, as well as sheet
music to MIDI -- but that's manual, not automatic input.
-- I.A.
When I purchase my next 'puter, which will not be an Apple, I wish to
be able to take a CD,
Et toi aussi, mon ami! J'ai n'ecoutez pas ton cadeau encore, mais peut
etre ce nuit?
J'ai ecoute, et c'est musique agreable! :)
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Thanks Jack, I wouldn't have known to try pawning it off on such an
organization (there seems to be one is Auchinloch). I agree Harry Lauder
is of perhaps dubious cultural value, but I'd rather see the record in the
hands of someone who would appreciate it...
-- I.A.
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I'm in the process of appraising and liquidating a collection of 78 RPM
records, among which is a 78 of Sir Harry Lauder singing Queen Among the
Heather and Bonnie Leezie Lindsay, non-electrical recording,
practically unplayed condition. I figured I'd give the folks here a look
before offering
Weel haud me back! He wants aff th list!
Take me off your list.
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Subject: scots-l-digest V1 #444
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Haw you ya bam, d'ye no see th unsubscribe info UNNER ILKA POST? Ir ur ye
saft-heidit? :)
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Fer onie at dinna ken, ye send a weemail tae
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an ye've suddenlie hundreds o weemail addies fer whitivver nefarious
purposes... Haen commands open (naw closit) maks it easier tae get
oan ir aff th leet, bit it maks it easier fir punters tae
Haw you, whit ur ye like! D'ye naw see th tag belaw at sais cleek as ye
mean tae unsubscribe?
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See iss? Atween ma fingers.
Aye, a wee fiddle pleyin ye th waurl's saddest tune!
(Yeese aw see whit A huv tae pit up wi oan iss leet? Ach)
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Gin ye want aff ye goat tae gies yer cash furst. ;)
--
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary - Hamilton's Ducks
Ninth District Eastern, Division Three, Flotilla Five
The Reverend Dr. Ian J. L. Adkins
Flotilla Staff Officer for Communication Services
Consultant to
Good sites for Scottish humour --
Jimmy McNulty's Bonnie Scotland, www.mcnulty.com
The Angry Scotsmen's Internet Asylum, www.cyberhub.co.uk
Glen Lachart, www.glenlachart.co.uk
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Re: Derek's
Haw mannie, Flotilla Staff Officer for Communcation Systems, U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary. Reserve of the reserves. ;)
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I have a terrible allergy to solfa. ;)
It's rather easy to create fonts in CorelDRAW! if you have a
copy, you can export images to individual character numbers
in a TrueType or Postscript font. I haven't tried this in
the Mac version but it works nice in the Windows version.
- Original
I am trying to find out what the tune title
Fjynnasvalsen means in American English.
It means, Hide the whisky, the longboats are coming!
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From: Keith W Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject:
If you see a dwarfy Canadian in Argyll named MacTavish, kick
him as hard as possible then run away! Or an Alambampot
named Akins, he might try to sell you his
great-grandfather's fake tombstone. :D
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Menzies, he's our friend and brother;
Gask and Strowan are nae slack!
Apparently you don't know the Mingis I know! ;)
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Haw Stuart, iss stuff is mair like "Hey Over Thare!" an "Anchors Aweigh"
anat, likesay WWI Goanny-Kick-Yer-Hun-Arse! sort o sangs. Mebbes iss
weekend A kin catalogue whit A hae an post it here.
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Naw, they're guid fer ye! Here, hae anither wan!
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."
rhub.co.uk
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Blackmill Networks, Limited
http://www.blackmill.net
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Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:15 PM
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Ian Ad
Hey hoch Rob, A hae wan A made masel, gin ye want it. An some aithers tae.
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
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Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Ahoy! Gie me aw yer siller pal or A'll chib ye!
Ian Adkins wrote:
Hey hoch fowk,
Now I've been with this list for almost three years now, I think we've
all
gotten to know each other
GETITRICHTUPYE!
God bless,
Ian Adkins
Niagara Falls, New York
Mobile: 1313 666 BOB
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
doos deed o whiplash!
ARG! Ye scunnerin bam, avast ye! Shivver ma timbers! Arrr!
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:48 AM
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:-) I know how to Unsubscribe - Just wanted to give Ian something to
Briar burls us whit yer tobacco pipes is carvit frae. :)
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."
There's your chance Toby! Quick, we'll sell a few more websites. :D
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."
"Ur thare onie fiddlers oot thare," ye spier! Daes Dan Quayle like his
legos??
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
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At 22:25 -0800 14/2/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ian Adkins wrote:
Ur ye naw weel then Erica?
Nothing that a wee dram couldn't fix?? :-)
Nice thought, Toby, but a wee dram would probably finish me off
completely :-( I've got liver (and nervous system) damage from
pestic
Ur ye naw weel then Erica?
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
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Kin A hae wan tae??
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"They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
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From: Ian Adkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 3:12 AM
Subject: Help Needed For the World Peace Organisation
Friends and Citizens,
First off, my apologies for not typing in Scots, all of you know it's
my
Hey hoch Derek, A hae a few years o woodwirkin unner ma belt, gin A cud play
th pipes A'd sure mak them. Bit A canna, sae A dinna, an unless A kin then
A winna. :P
COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But most importantly: FREE WINE!!!
Guid wine or naw?
COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crown Malt Inspector
Provost of the Village of Dunroamin
Boy, they ask an awfy lot o questions, dae they naw?
COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crown Malt Inspector
Provost of the Village of Dunroamin
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From: Susan Tichy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [scots-l] scots-l-digest V1 #371
...and it would save us a lot of time and money if you'd just answer them!
;-)
Ian Adkins wrote:
Boy, they ask an awfy lot o questions, dae
Somebody here got that dang-ol' Seven Dwarves virus...
COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crown Malt Inspector
Provost of the Village of Dunroamin
"Address Tae a Wee Feartie"?
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Crown Malt Inspector
Provost of the Village of Dunroamin
Invernesshire, Scotland
Rapping in Gaelic?? Careful Toby, they just started that new permanent U.N.
tribunal for crimes against humanity. :P
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Crown Malt
the system and me quite
confused, plus I was gone on vacation for a week. However I would have
appreciated if he would have emailed me personally offlist to fix the
situation.
Toby
Ian Adkins wrote:
Here ye gae, Ellen:
Moeglicherweise ist dieses etwas das Sie verstehen koennen
Adapted from the IPUSA-L intro...
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Moeglicherweise ist dieses etwas das Sie verstehen koennen. Sie sind
unhoeflich und ungeduldig. Ich hoffe dass ein Meteorit auf Ihren Kopf
fallengelassen wird.
Noo feck aff an hae a braw day noo ye cheeky bastert ye!
COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS -
Here ye gae, Ellen:
Moeglicherweise ist dieses etwas das Sie verstehen koennen. Sie sind
unhoeflich und ungeduldig. Ich hoffe dass ein Meteorit auf Ihren Kopf
fallengelassen wird.
"Mebbe ye kin unnerstaun this. Yer rude an impatient. A howp a meteorite
draps oan yer heid."
:)
Hey hoch fowk! It's been a guid year fer us at th Angry Scotsmen's Internet
Asylum, an we wantit tae gie ye a wee giftie.
Aye, th giftie o Anger! Acause, as wir motto says, "Ower 750,000 Visitors
Canna Be Wrang!"
http://www.cyberhub.co.uk
Gae oan, gie it a wee cleek!
An we've jist gane
No tha th present Willie's sae bad, mind
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http://www.glenlachart.co.uk
Aye, we did! :P
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Thanks! Traffic is pretty high, there's advertising potential.
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H. 2 can play at that :)
Touché! :D
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http://www.glenlachart.co.uk
Oops. That should have been an h. Happy as a tuned Harp. (But you CAN
tune-a-fish, right?) Ok, I'm embarrassed. Gosh, I raise my head to submit a
post after weeks of silence, and what do I domake a typo.
Naw, ye spellt it richt th first time, A wis jist makin trouble. :D
--Ian
Plus it turns my scores into PCX format so I can pop it into my book
(which is in PageMaker) and I'm happy as a tuned carp.
What??!
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Glen Lachart,
I've heard it, might even be on a recording I have here. Let me dig around
for it!
--Ian
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