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Ron Mackey

Ron Mackey

July 27, 2006, 12:13 a.m. (Message 45590)

> And now that we all know what "outwith" means, the RSCDS working group that
> started this discussion ("Issues outwith Scotland") has been officially renamed
> "Issues outside Scotland". So you see - we do listen :-)
> 
> Susi
> 


	Was that the stable door we heard slam shut? :))
GOSS9@telefonica.net

GOSS9@telefonica.net

June 20, 2006, 8:30 a.m. (Message 45591, in reply to message 45590)

I hope that this does not start a trend. After all the subject is 
"Scottish" country dancing, so one should expect a certain amount of 
"foreign" vocabulary and usage.

Examples:
rondelle - (Spain) roundabout
pousette - (Spain) valsé
double triangles - (Spain) triangles (only logical since double means 
x2, so there should be at least 4)
allemande - (Spain & U.S.) turn
targe - (U.S.) non commissioned officer with three stripes as 
addressed by someone with a speech impediment.
set - (U.S. & England) past tense of sit, collection of items in the 
same category.
reel - (U.S. & England) perambulation of an alcoholic, divice for 
winding a fishing line
jig - (U.S. & England) form or mold used by a carpenter
strathspey - (rest of the world) schottische
tournee - (Spain) wood screw
cast - (U.S. & England), to toss beginning with a back swing, plaster 
form for broken limb, mold.
petronella - (rest of the world), little girl named "rock"
gates - streets
bow - gateway
yett - gate
rant - tirade
firth - fjord
etc. (so where would this slippery slope end?)   :)
Pia Walker

Pia Walker

June 20, 2006, 10:45 a.m. (Message 45592, in reply to message 45590)

Nah - it was Susi slamming her head against the wall.  (you could hear the
Doh! afterwards :>) :>) - it could also be issues without scotland :>))
Scotland without issues - take your pick.

Pia
Miriam L. Mueller

Miriam L. Mueller

June 20, 2006, 5:59 p.m. (Message 45596, in reply to message 45590)

And these don't include the effects of local "accents". I remember a
dance in New Zealand where the talk-through started with what sounded to
American me like: "All sit." It was a moment before I realized that the
initial step was pas-de-basque, and had a chuckle to myself at my
expense.
        Mimi/Miriam Mueller        San Francisco


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