What are you doing down there?The Scots language/the Scots leid:Ho you! Whit ye daein doonby?
Hey You There!
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A Few Photos from Paisley
Paisley is a town near Glasgow that used to be famous for its textile manufacturing.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Paisley’s a toon narhaun Glesca that yisst tae be faur kent fur its textile manufacturin. Paisley Town Hall.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Paisley Toon Hoose. Paisley Abbey. Oakshaw Trinity Church.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Aikshaw Tarnty Kirk. The John … Continue reading A Few Photos from Paisley
Dirdie Hurl
It can be a bumpy ride through life, but we keep going – for all that our heads, hearts and backsides are throbbing.The Scots language/the Scots leid:It can be a dirdie hurl throu life, but we haud gaun – fur aw that wir heids, herts an behoochies is lowpin.
Twilight and Onwards
The twilight, when it’s late in the day and we’re holding on our way to midnight and first light.The Scots language/the Scots leid:The gloamin, whan it’s faur i the day an we’r haudin the gate tae the howe o the nicht an the gray o the mornin.
Grass, Lights and Lady
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Girse, lichts an leddy.
Keys
Jeez,you’rethebee’skneesdon’tfreezegetoffyourkneesandeasethekeysfromtheman’shandsplease.
Overanxious?
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Feart fur the daith ye’ll nivver dee?
He Listens to Him
The Scots language/the Scots leid:He hearkens him.
Immigration Raids
Lamppost and Churches
Still Lifes
Who owns this shoe?The Scots language/the Scots leid:Wha’s aucht this shae? Who does this can belong to?The Scots language/the Scots leid:Wha belangs this can?
Motherhood and Childhood
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Mitherheid an bairnheid.
Roofs and Roundabout
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Ruifs an roonaboot.
Who’s Out There?
Across the Clyde
Nae Mair Rovin
‘So, we’ll go no more a roving …’(Lord Byron) The Scots language/the Scots leid:‘An we’ll gang nae mair a rovin …’(Frae ‘The Jolly Beggar’, a Scots ballant.)
Riggin o the Day
Terraces, Semi-detached and One Dovecot
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Raws, semi-detacht an ae doocot.
Decision Required Soon
Do not be slow to decide.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Binna dreich in drawin.
Lady and Graffiti
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Wifie an graffiti.
Departing?
It’ll be going soon, maybe.The Scots language/the Scots leid:It’ll be awa suin, mibbie.
By an Gane
No more services or Sunday school here.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Nae mair diets or the Sawbath scuil here.
Walking
A little stroll and then back to work?The Scots language/the Scots leid:A bit dander an syne back tae their darg?
A Matter of Time
Seemingly there is nothing more to be done with it but to knock it down.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Seeminlie there nocht adae wi it mair but caw it doon.
Kirkie
Signs for churchgoers.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Signs fur kirkers.
Heading Up
Along the lane.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Alang the loan.
Postwar Housing
Not the prettiest of buildings but not so very bad either, and it’s still providing homes after many decades.The Scots language/the Scots leid:No the bonniest o biggins but no that duin ull aithers, an it’s aye providin hames efter monie decades.
Terrace on a Hill
If you were rather up in the world in Victorian Glasgow, you might have moved to one of these houses.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Gin ye wur kinna faur up bi cairds in Victorian Glesca, ye micht a flittit till ane o thir hooses.
Bide a Wee an Gust Yer Gab
A cup of tea and a Lorne sausage on a roll and you’ve not got much to complain of.The Scots language/the Scots leid:A stroopach an a bap on a Lorne sasser an sair’s yer fecht.
Statue, Sculpture and Stations
Statue of activist and politician Mary Barbour (1875-1958). Created by Andrew Brown and located at Govan bus and subway stations, Glasgow. The Beacon of Hope, sculpted by Steuart Padwick and inspired by COP26. Situated on the main concourse of Glasgow Central railway station.
Ower the Winnock
Come on in and lean out the window and watch the street.The Scots language/the Scots leid:C’wa ben an hae a hingie.
Arrogance and Fragments
The Scots language/the Scots leid:Pauchtiness an muskers. ‘The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties … Continue reading Arrogance and Fragments
Up i the Buckle
In seventh heaven.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Up i the warld.
Biggin an Dingin
Building, knocking down, and leaving be.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Biggin, dingin doon, an lattin abee.
Up the Brae
By the quickest way.The Scots language/the Scots leid:At the narrest.
Alang-by Hooses
Not as fast as possible but fast enough.The Scots language/the Scots leid:No at the ivver-leevin but swith eneuch.
Doon the Toon
Downtown in order to go elsewhere.The Scots language/the Scots leid:Doon the toon fur tae gang itherwhaurs.
Gittin Yer Heid Oot?
Not completely enclosed with railings.The Scots language/the Scots leid:No freely ravelt up.
Hurlin
We’re conveyed back and forth so we cannot be in jail.The Scots language/the Scots leid:We’r hurled back an fore sae we canna be i the jile.
Shopping Cart Noir
A Wee Message
I might look like a silhouette but I’m not. I’ve got depth and a full life – going to the supermarket, buying things. The Scots leid/The Scots language:A mibbie leuk lik a silhouette but A’m no. There deepth o me an A’v gat a fou life – gaun tae the supermercat, coffin things.
Fowk
Hard men must not harden our hearts. The Scots language/The Scots leid:Sture men maunna steek wir herts.
Derelict and Doomed
Reduced to skin and bone. Scots leid:Gane tae the bane-dyke.
Dorris and John Watch the Stars
Nowadays, people in the UK are used to seeing mixed-race couples, or representations of them, in the mass media, particularly in advertising. Whatever the motives behind the presentation of such pairings on TV and elsewhere – an easy way for businesses, for example, to appear inclusive? – it has at least had the effect of … Continue reading Dorris and John Watch the Stars
Photographs from the Paisley Area
Tenements in Paisley, Scotland. Some more tenements in Paisley, Scotland. Just outside Paisley. Mysterious mast in Paisley. Paisley Abbey, trapped in the future.
Gregor MacMinto 