Re: [scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)

2001-06-14 Thread Maggie Mcgregor
I'm afraid I've been a lurker up until now - and I've enjoyed getting a much needed lesson on Scottish music. I'm from Edinburgh originally but raised in Toronto, Canada. I got onto the list because I'm a Gaelic learner here in Toronto and one list seems to lead to another. I'm not musical

[scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)

2001-06-13 Thread Nigel Gatherer
John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flowers, Ross (MTO) writes: | Aha! I see it - just before [Snip] Not fair, John, to attribute my genius to that plagiarist Flowers. So my parents used to lock me in the cellar with nothing to read but old Rupert the Bear annuals, resulting in an

Re: [scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)

2001-06-13 Thread John Chambers
Nigel Gatherer (I think) wrote: | John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Flowers, Ross (MTO) writes: | | Aha! I see it - just before | | [Snip] | | Not fair, John, to attribute my genius to that plagiarist Flowers. ... Sorry 'bout dat! It is amazingly easy to get such quotes wrong. It's

Re: [scots-l] Is there anybody there? (was: Dumbarton's drum)

2001-06-13 Thread David Kilpatrick
Nigel Gatherer wrote: David K, what are your plans for the Scottfest? First priority - get our local paper NOT to spike my letters on the subject! So far I've got myself dragged into an impromptu 1-minute interview with Michael Aspel to go out next April in Antiques Roadshow from