I seem to have started or continued a firestorm. However, the point is many folks in the Ulster area do indeed speak the broad Ulster Scots dialect and for other persons to have insinuated that it isn't so is very unfair to those who do speak in this manner. ----- Original Message ----- From: "McFadden" <McFadden@ntlworld.com> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:33 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] RE: Wir efter a Ulster-Scots boadie! > > 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 > > > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> > Check out these Donegal Information Sites > Dick O'Donnell's- http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod/donegal/index.htm > O Donnell Abu/ http://homepage.tinet.ie/~vod/ > Donegal Families/ http://homepage.tinet.ie/~donfam/ > Donegal Database- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/Doncontent.html > Donegal Information/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > > ============================== > 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 > >