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Albert Kirk Jr

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Scriever, Gomerel. Scriever an Furthsetter o pish watter: a scots zine. A micht dicht ma posts noo an agane. #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #Scots #ScotsPoetry #ScotsScrievin #Gaidhlig #Independence #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #Music #Zines #ScottishZines

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · Jan 14

A'm gaun back intae editin ma nuvel that A feenisht scrievin in 2020. A wrut it in Sudron an syne in 2022 A owerset it intae Scots. Av puntit it aboot tae nae joy, but A'm siccar thare somethin aboot it.

It is 140,000 wirds, sae aiblins cuttin that doon is on the cairds 😀

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 3h

Thou trauchelt, thay ligt benon a skelf, foryat. Still oan an bidin, but.

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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)

#Scotstober 2025-09t - #trauchle
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity

Thou trauchelt, thay ligt benon a skelf, foryat. Still oan an bidin, but.

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#Scotstober 2025-09t
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Ewan M Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social · 2h

Today's #Scotstober word was often used by my granny: Jalouse (v.) - to suspect, surmise, infer. "See thon Cary Grant? I jalouse he's up tae nae guid in this picter!"

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 2h

with the other hand he solemnly flourished his tongs, and leaning far over the side in a mumbling voice began addressing the sharks, while Stubb, softly crawling behind, overheard all that was said.

Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 2h

Sullenly taking the offered lantern, old Fleece limped across the deck to the bulwarks; and then, with one hand dropping his light low over the sea, so as to get a good view of his congregation,

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 2h

wi the ither haund he floorisht gravelike his tangs, an leanin faur ower the side in a mummlin vice begoud addressin the sharks, while Stubb, saftly scrauchlin ahint, owerheard aw that wis said.

An in Sudron...

Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 2h

#Scotstober: Trauchle

Fae Moby-Dick, Ch. 64

Dourly takkin the offert chandler, auld Fleece trauchelt athort the deck tae the bulwarks; an syne, wi yin haund drappin his licht laich ower the sea, sae as tae get a guid swatch at his congregation,

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 14h

A doo's white weeng, a olive beuch, lea a feader an a leaf at naebody kenns, ony mair.

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#Scotstober 2025-08t - #doo
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity

A doo's white weeng, a olive beuch, lea a feader an a leaf at naebody kenns, ony mair.

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 16h

Belter o a poyum 😃

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 18h

And by the halie tree
In the leaman licht o the wuid,
Squired by a houlet, a hawk and a doo,
Wes his Euridikee…

—“Orpheus”, by Tom Scott (1918–1995)
from A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
#Scotstober #poem #poetry
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Tom Scott
Orpheus

Ye think thon wes the end?
Yon meetin in the wuids
When Thracian Orpheus heard the drum, the cries,
The whud o the bacchantes’ thrangan feet
And, seik in saul,
Mad to be jyned for aye to his Eurydikee,
Strung his harp
And gaed to meet them wi a sang.
Ye think thon wes the end?

Na. Eftir the thrang breeled on, red
Fingert, bluidie-mawed, the riven limbs
Quiveran aye amang the mairtyred gress,
There wes a lull
And throu it syne a roun
And syne as muckle’s a moan
And syne a voice,
Yon voice o his
That quietit the forest and its fowk,
That reconcilit lion and lamb,
Ordert the rain,
Spoke frae the grund
And threept in the greitan tree
‘Euridikee! Euridikee!’

And at the name
A ferlie thing wes duin.
Thir broken bits o bodie, bits o bane,
Brisket, gash, airm and droukit hair
Cam thegither as gin some will
Mair nor the merely real
Had wrocht on them.
And on yon slauchtert grund was formed
Orpheus anew,
Orpheus the singer, Orpheus the makar,
Orpheus cleansed o the auld despair.
And by the halie tree
In the leaman licht o the wuid,
Squired by a houlet, a hawk and a doo,
Wes his Euridikee.

They say he made a new sang,
A nobler nor the auld,
And sings it aye in the great haa o the warld.

They say it will nevir end.

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

he had no voice, save that choking respiration through his spiracle, and this made the sight of him unspeakably pitiable; while still, in his amazing bulk, portcullis jaw, and omnipotent tail, there was enough to appal the stoutest man who so pitied.

Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

vainly striving to escape the piratical hawks. But the bird has a voice, and with plaintive cries will make known her fear; but the fear of this vast dumb brute of the sea, was chained up and enchanted in him;

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

Now to this hand, now to that, he yawed in his faltering flight, and still at every billow that he broke, he spasmodically sank in the sea, or sideways rolled towards the sky his one beating fin. So have I seen a bird with clipped wing making affrighted broken circles in the air,

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

It was a terrific, most pitiable, and maddening sight. The whale was now going head out, and sending his spout before him in a continual tormented jet; while his one poor fin beat his side in an agony of fright.

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

apairt fae yon chowkin respiration throu his spiracle, an this makkit the sicht o him unspeakably peetiable; while yet, in his byordinar bouk, portcullis jaw, an omnipotent fud, thare wis eneuch tae scunner the stootest chiel whae sae peetied. 4/4

An noo in Sudron...

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

knotlessly strivin tae jouk the piratical hawks. The doo haes a vice but, an wi dowie greets’ll mak kent her fear; the fear o this muckle dumb bruit o the sea but, wis rackelt up an beglamourt ben him; he haed nae vice, 3/n

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

Noo tae this haund, noo tae the tither, he yawed in his stotterin flicht, an at ilka swaw that he brak yet, he spasmodically sank in the sea, or sideyways rowed taewart the lift his yin beatin fin. Sae hae A seen a doo wi clippit spaul makkin affrichtit broke circles in the air, 2/n

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

It wis a wild, maist peetiable, an maddenin sicht. The whaul wis noo gangin heid oot, an sendin his spoot afore him in a conteenual nithert jet; while his yin puir fin bate his side in an agony o fricht. 1/n

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

#Scotstober: Doo

Fae Moby-Dick, Ch. 81

Thare nae doos in Moby-Dick aither (see yestreen), sae Av cheatit a wee tait an assumed that the “bird” in this swatch is a doo. Dinnae gie us ony snash...

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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 1d

😃

Braw poyum!

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Gregor Steele @gregorsteele.bsky.social · 1d

The Drookit Doo’s a daft yin,
And no that guid at singin.
It stauns up on the auld belltooer
In rain, its feathers wringin.

Read aboot mair Fykie Fleein Things here: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/poem... and listen tae actor Michael McHardie read the poem oot. #Scotstober

Fykie Fleein Things – ScotsHoose Yaldi

www.scotshooseyaldi.com

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Ewan M Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social · 1d

Feel better today, so unfortunately back to work for me. Thus, today's #Scotstober word is: Darg - work, toil, labour, slog, drudgery, skivvying.

homer simpson and marge simpson from the simpsons talking about work for money

ALT: homer simpson and marge simpson from the simpsons talking about work for money

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scott lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 1d

One of the poem's great passages.

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scott lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 3d

Reading MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle again. It was published 100 years ago next year. Kenneth Buthlay's annotated edition from 1987, published by @asls.org.uk, remains the best guide. The poem itself is as thrilling, ambitious and flawed as ever it was.

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Jamie Fairbairn @drfairbairn.bsky.social · 1d

We're definitely progressing with the GTCS recognised training programme for Scots Language learning and teaching across the land. This includes practitioners who have engaged with the course in the first 4 cohorts and the pilot at Banff Academy.

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LeftPeggers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸 @leftpeggers.bsky.social · 2d

#Scotstober
#Haiku
#Kinnen

Wurds birl roon, doon.
Ahint me een, in ma heid,
Diggin like kinnen

Words twist round, down
Behind my eyes, in my
Digging like rabbits

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