[scots-l] Regestrierung, Indeed

2004-03-14 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
'Congratulations! Your registration on [URL deleted] was successful. You can login immediately...' 'We are launching the Compact Disc of Commercial Correspondence Forms that elaborates on all business forms of letters and documents: thank-yous, certifications, acknowledgments, debt collection,

Re: [scots-l] Speaking of typefaces...

2004-03-14 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
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,

[scots-l] Speaking of typefaces...

2004-03-13 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
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:

Re: [scots-l] Cretin Desires to Be Musical.

2004-02-23 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
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

Re: [scots-l] Cretin Desires to Be Musical.

2004-02-21 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
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.

[scots-l] Cretin Desires to Be Musical.

2004-02-18 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
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

[scots-l] Fwd: Scottish Episcopalians celebrate Anglican Communion origins

2003-11-21 Thread Ian Adkins DSO-CS 9ER
Original Message Subject: ACNS3681 Scottish Episcopalians celebrate Anglican Communion origins From:Anglican Communion News Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Fri, November 21, 2003 10:29 am To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scots-l] Even Gaelic isn't safe!

2003-07-17 Thread Ian Adkins SO-CS 9ER-03
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

Re: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #523

2003-05-31 Thread The Rt Reverend Ian Adkins
Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html 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

Re: [scots-l] Re: Scots Music Quiz

2003-04-12 Thread Dr Ian Adkins SO-CS 9ER-03
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

Re: [scots-l] Re: Scots Music Quiz

2003-04-12 Thread Dr Ian Adkins SO-CS 9ER-03
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...! Posted to Scots-L

Re: [scots-l] new computer, old question

2003-01-17 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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,

[scots-l] Re: Bonne année/Happy New year

2003-01-04 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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! :) Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [scots-l] Harry Lauder 78s

2002-12-20 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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. Posted to Scots-L - The

[scots-l] Harry Lauder 78s

2002-12-19 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] RE: scots-l-digest V1 #444

2002-12-19 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
Weel haud me back! He wants aff th list! Take me off your list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: scots-l-digest V1 #444 Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional

Re: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #436

2002-12-14 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
Haw you ya bam, d'ye no see th unsubscribe info UNNER ILKA POST? Ir ur ye saft-heidit? :) Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional

Re: [scots-l] Re: unsubscribe

2002-11-25 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
Fer onie at dinna ken, ye send a weemail tae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi who scots-l command in th bodie text 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

Re: [scots-l] unsubscribe

2002-11-24 Thread The Rev Dr Ian Adkins
Haw you, whit ur ye like! D'ye naw see th tag belaw at sais cleek as ye mean tae unsubscribe? Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [scots-l] John Anderson

2001-10-17 Thread Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [scots-l] John

Re: [scots-l] Unsubscribe from scots-l

2001-10-17 Thread Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] Your Patience Required, Your Help Appreciated

2001-08-19 Thread Dr Ian Adkins FSO-CS
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 = The Rev. Dr. Ian Adkins - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [scots-l] Re: Come in, come in

2001-08-10 Thread Dr Ian Adkins FSO-CS
. Ian Adkins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] = - Original Message - From: David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Scots-L Posting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 8:01 AM Subject: [scots-l] Re: Come in, come in Re: Derek's

Re: [scots-l] FW: my grandads problem

2001-08-08 Thread Dr Ian Adkins FSO-CS
Haw mannie, Flotilla Staff Officer for Communcation Systems, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Reserve of the reserves. ;) = The Rev. Dr. Ian Adkins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] = - Original Message

Re: [scots-l] solfa

2001-07-16 Thread Rev Dr Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] Fjynnasvalsen

2001-06-26 Thread Ian Adkins
I am trying to find out what the tune title Fjynnasvalsen means in American English. It means, Hide the whisky, the longboats are coming! -Original Message- From: Keith W Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:32 PM Subject:

Re: [scots-l] lurker

2001-06-14 Thread Ian Adkins
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 -Original Message- From: Elsie Duman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: [scots-l] Gallant Murray

2001-06-13 Thread Ian Adkins
Menzies, he's our friend and brother; Gask and Strowan are nae slack! Apparently you don't know the Mingis I know! ;) Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [scots-l] 78rpm to mp3

2001-04-04 Thread Ian Adkins
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. == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scots-l] Tiny monster

2001-04-04 Thread Ian Adkins
Naw, they're guid fer ye! Here, hae anither wan! == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."

Re: [scots-l] 78rpm to mp3

2001-04-02 Thread Ian Adkins
rhub.co.uk -- Blackmill Networks, Limited http://www.blackmill.net == - Original Message - From: Stuart Eydmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [scots-l] 78rpm to mp3 Ian Ad

Re: [scots-l] celtic font

2001-03-11 Thread Commodore Ian Adkins
Hey hoch Rob, A hae wan A made masel, gin ye want it. An some aithers tae. == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae,

Re: [scots-l] Ahoy! Gie me aw yer siller pal or A'll chib ye!

2001-03-10 Thread Ian Adkins
son [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [scots-l] Natalie

2001-03-06 Thread Ian Adkins
GETITRICHTUPYE! God bless, Ian Adkins Niagara Falls, New York Mobile: 1313 666 BOB == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash!

Re: [scots-l] UNSUBSCRIBE

2001-02-28 Thread Ian Adkins
ARG! Ye scunnerin bam, avast ye! Shivver ma timbers! Arrr! - Original Message - From: Abby Sale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:48 AM Subject: [scots-l] UNSUBSCRIBE :-) I know how to Unsubscribe - Just wanted to give Ian something to

[scots-l] Burlin ance mair

2001-02-21 Thread Ian Adkins
Briar burls us whit yer tobacco pipes is carvit frae. :) == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."

Re: [scots-l] Feb 17th (fwd)

2001-02-17 Thread Ian Adkins
There's your chance Toby! Quick, we'll sell a few more websites. :D == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."

Re: [scots-l] Hi everybody!

2001-02-16 Thread Ian Adkins
"Ur thare onie fiddlers oot thare," ye spier! Daes Dan Quayle like his legos?? == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae,

Re: [scots-l] Official scots-l site

2001-02-15 Thread Ian Adkins
ots-l site 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

Re: [scots-l] Official scots-l site

2001-02-14 Thread Ian Adkins
Ur ye naw weel then Erica? == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie." --

Re: [scots-l] churchill travelling fellowship

2001-02-09 Thread Ian Adkins
Kin A hae wan tae?? == IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie." -- The

[scots-l] Fw: Help Needed For the World Peace Organisation

2001-01-26 Thread Ian Adkins
- Original Message - From: Ian Adkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [recipient list supressed] 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

Re: [scots-l] Was 'Was Burns a racist?', now 'Deranged Pipers'

2001-01-23 Thread Ian Adkins
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]

Re: [scots-l] concert

2001-01-17 Thread Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] scots-l-digest V1 #371

2001-01-14 Thread Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] scots-l-digest V1 #371

2001-01-14 Thread Ian Adkins
- From: Susan Tichy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [scots-l] Andy Dejarlis Jig

2001-01-07 Thread Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] Burns Night - Toasts to the lassies and to the laddies

2001-01-06 Thread Ian Adkins
"Address Tae a Wee Feartie"? COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crown Malt Inspector Provost of the Village of Dunroamin Invernesshire, Scotland

Re: [scots-l] Internet Radio Station for Scottish Traditional Music

2001-01-06 Thread Ian Adkins
Rapping in Gaelic?? Careful Toby, they just started that new permanent U.N. tribunal for crimes against humanity. :P COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crown Malt

Re: [scots-l] Complaint about site administration policy

2001-01-04 Thread Ian Adkins
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

[scots-l] Scots-L Intro

2001-01-04 Thread Ian Adkins
Adapted from the IPUSA-L intro... = | Welcome to | |SCOTS-L| |Scots Music and Culture|

Re: [scots-l] Complaint about site administration policy

2001-01-03 Thread Ian Adkins
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 -

Re: [scots-l] Complaint about site administration policy

2001-01-03 Thread Ian 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." :)

[scots-l] Merry Christmas From Cyberhub.co.uk

2000-12-24 Thread Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] Re: Auld auld lang syne

2000-12-14 Thread Ian Adkins
No tha th present Willie's sae bad, mind = IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Crown Malt Inspector Glen Lachart, Inverness-shire, Scotland http://www.glenlachart.co.uk

Re: [scots-l] Re: Auld auld lang syne

2000-12-13 Thread Ian Adkins
Aye, we did! :P = IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Crown Malt Inspector Glen Lachart, Inverness-shire, Scotland http://www.glenlachart.co.uk - The Angry Scotsmen's

Re: [scots-l] The Asylum!

2000-12-05 Thread Ian Adkins
Thanks! Traffic is pretty high, there's advertising potential. = IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Crown Malt Inspector Glen Lachart, Inverness-shire, Scotland http://www.glenlachart.co.uk

Re: [scots-l] Music-writing program?

2000-12-04 Thread Ian Adkins
H. 2 can play at that :) Touché! :D = IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Crown Malt Inspector Glen Lachart, Inverness-shire, Scotland http://www.glenlachart.co.uk

Re: [scots-l] Music-writing program?

2000-11-30 Thread Ian Adkins
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

Re: [scots-l] Music-writing program?

2000-11-29 Thread Ian Adkins
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??! = IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Crown Malt Inspector Glen Lachart,

Re: [scots-l] Trip to Pakistan

2000-11-28 Thread Ian Adkins
I've heard it, might even be on a recording I have here. Let me dig around for it! --Ian = IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Crown Malt Inspector Glen Lachart, Inverness-shire, Scotland