Hi all I just saw this genuine job posted . . . <!-- SNIP --> The yin appointit wull wark unner tha Heid o Fowkgates, an maun leuk efter tha forderin o tha fowkgates, hidtorie an heirskip o tha Ulster-Scotch in tha counties alang tha Border by yokkin resydenter curns an ither yins o tha same ilk. The jab needs a boadie wha haes aa tha follaein things tae offer: Ye maun hae College letters efter yer name adae wi business or sax yeir wirkin in an airt relate tae business. <!-- END SNIP --> The above is part of an advertisement seeking a Development Officer for the Ulster-Scots Agency. Under the Belfast Agreement of 1998 many cross-border bodies were established. One was to promote the study, conversationand development of the Ulster-Scots as a living language, to develop the full range of its attendant culture and to promote an understanding of the history of the Ulster-Scots. Meself would be no good for that job. Now if the position of "Donegal Gobbledygook Chief Executive Officer" then I'm yer man! Slan Henry --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.563 / Virus Database: 355 - Release Date: 17/01/2004

That wee bit made my day! I only wish I had the requisite degree!! Thank yee Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: "McFadden" <McFadden@ntlworld.com> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:33 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Wir efter a Ulster-Scots boadie! > > Hi all > I just saw this genuine job posted . . . > > <!-- SNIP --> The yin appointit wull wark unner tha Heid o Fowkgates, an > maun leuk efter tha forderin o tha fowkgates, hidtorie an heirskip o tha > Ulster-Scotch in tha counties alang tha Border by yokkin resydenter curns an > ither yins o tha same ilk. > The jab needs a boadie wha haes aa tha follaein things tae offer: > Ye maun hae College letters efter yer name adae wi business or sax yeir > wirkin in an airt relate tae business. <!-- END SNIP --> > > The above is part of an advertisement seeking a Development Officer for the > Ulster-Scots Agency. > Under the Belfast Agreement of 1998 many cross-border bodies were > established. > One was to promote the study, conversationand development of the > Ulster-Scots as a living language, to develop the full range of its > attendant culture and to promote an understanding of the history of the > Ulster-Scots. > > Meself would be no good for that job. > Now if the position of "Donegal Gobbledygook Chief Executive Officer" then > I'm yer man! > > Slan > Henry > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.563 / Virus Database: 355 - Release Date: 17/01/2004 > > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi, I think it is ridiculous that an non-existent 'language' is being funded - this is English with a Scots accent written down phoenetically. It would be like funding English as spoken in Yorkshire and saying it was a different language than English.. No-one in Donegal speaks like this and they certainly don't write like that - gobbledygook is right. Regards, Patricia Sharkey Dun-na-nGall.com

When we were 'wains' and running around granny's 'hoose' making 'gleo' she would tell us “Howl yer whisht or I’ll skelp the legs o’ ye!” We didn't realise she was speaking Ulster-Scots and would never have dared tell her if we did. We just thought that was the way she spoke English because she normally used the soft 'Irish' of Donegal In future years when my own grandchildren are on the Donegaleire list they will probably be qouting me in my own Ulster-Scots-Cockney dialect. Maybe "Shaddup or I'll warm yer a*se" Slan Henry --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.563 / Virus Database: 355 - Release Date: 17/01/2004