Thankyou so much. Nice to feel some other heart beats to the same rythm. You are so right. We in this country value diversity, and we interpret everything into both English and French, and many native languages and we embrace all world cultures to the extreme. The US has embraced Spanish and that culture of colour and music, along with the deep established old African connection. One of my favourite haunts is the Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee. The culture there was beautifully embraced by a book written by college kids called "Foxfire." It is old lore stuff with photos of mountain people of senior age, who pass along food recipes, banjo-making skills, corn pone tricks, and all sorts of things right down to making good smoked ham. Now there are about 20 of the Foxfire series. Those original students passed it on! There has to be a lesson to be learned from all this. Great to hear from you! Stephen On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 07:39 AM, k l wrote: > Stephan > Even when you are frustrated you are a delight to > read. I agree with the importance of recovering the > old Orkney dialects. It's not just the words that are > important but the reflection of how a people looks and > thinks on their world is lost. We in the Americas > know that if you want to take away a groups culture, > you begin by taking away their language. > Kathy > > > --- stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> I am sincerely gratified to learn that others in the >> world , besides >> this soul, experience some frustrations and problems >> trying to >> interpret with accuracy old Orkney dialects. >> Stephen >>> >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ORCADIA/2000-09/0969628692 >>> RootsWeb: ORCADIA-L Re: Fegs beuy what??? RE: >> [ORCADIA] Geo.Mackay ... >>> - >>> ORCADIA-L Archives. From: "Nick-Durie" >> <Nick-Durie@aladdinscave.net> >>> Subject: Re: >>> Fegs beuy what??? ... > S. > >. This thread: Fegs >> beuy what??? ... >>> >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ORCADIA/2000-09/0969639172 >>> >>> Karen >>> >>> >>> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >>> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send >> an e-mail with the >>> word >>> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to >> orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >>> >> >> >> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send >> an e-mail with the word >> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to >> orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >> > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ > http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

I have some of those books. They are priceless. Would love to see that kind of project taken on in Orkney!!. Kathy > One of my favourite haunts is the Mountains in > North Carolina and > Tennessee. The culture there was beautifully > embraced by a book written > by college kids called "Foxfire." It is old lore > stuff with photos of > mountain people of senior age, who pass along food > recipes, > banjo-making skills, corn pone tricks, and all sorts > of things right > down to making good smoked ham. Now there are about > 20 of the Foxfire > series. Those original students passed it on! There > has to be a lesson > to be learned from all this. >> > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send > an e-mail with the > > word > > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to > orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send > an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to > orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash