Scots language archive goes online
am 30.11.2004 von TransblawgThe BBC reports: Canny Scots create muckle archive. It’s St. Andrew’s Day, of course. bq. The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS) has been put together by …
Scots language on Scottish parliament website/Schottisches Dialekt auf Webseiten des schottischen Parlaments
Transblawg / I found this via the Usenet group sci.lang (which I don’t usually read): Walcome til the Scottish Pairlament wabsite The Scottish Pairlament is here for tae represent aw Scotland’s folk. We want tae mak siccar that as mony folk as...…
Wikipedia in Scots
Transblawg / There is a Wikipedia in Scots: Scots Law, quhiles nae bein unique, differs frae Inglis law quhairby it follaes Roman (Ceevil) Law in mony weys an sae is closer tae the ceevil codes o the Continent nor Inglis Law is. For example, Scots Law disna dist…
Scots law blog/Weblog zu schottischem Recht
Transblawg / Edinburgh Law Schools’ Scots Law News is almost a blog. But it doesn’t give links. Section 532 is a Review of the Year of our Lord 2005. 2005 was the year that introduced our readers, not only to natural disasters (Nos 423, 495), but al…
Ulster Scots
Transblawg / Further to the last-but-one entry, here is a page on Ulster Scots, with a test, audio clips, poetry and other goodies....…
Scots again/Schotten schon wieder
Transblawg / It always surprises me how many Scots there are in Bavaria (see earlier entry). …
Half a league, half a league / Polizeisprache
Transblawg / A new police radio system called Airwave has been introduced in the UK, and in connection with this it was reported at the weekend that police are to be taught to use a set of expressions that are uniform throughout the country. Mark Garner of Aberd…
Books for translators / Englische Bücher für Übersetzer
Transblawg / Multilingual Matters publish books and journals for translators and interpreters. They have addresses in Britain and the USA, or you can order from their website at a 20% discount. I wasn’t aware of them before, but they have some authors I…
Scots / Schotten
Transblawg / I sometimes wonder if the Scots know how they are used in German advertising. (Note tartan paper on wall inside shop).…
Integration or else/Integrationskurse für Ausländer
Transblawg / Promoting Germany’s Language Melting Pot - Deutsche Welle article The courses on German language and life don’t sound bad, of course. But what if you don’t play along? It’s up to the state immigration authorities to decide whe…
Sexual breach of the peace / Sex mit Fahrrad
Transblawg / Judging from Google, not only Werner Siebers is baffled by a Telegraph report: Die spinnen, die Engländer. Weil ein Mann Sex mit seinem Fahrrad hatte - wie auch immer das befriedigen kann - muss er sich jetzt vor Gericht verantworten. 1993 mus…
Haro! Guernsey Bar website
Transblawg / For those on or near the islands tired of English/Welsh law, Scots law, Northern Irish law, Irish law, Isle of Man law and Jersey law: Guernsey Bar is a new website introducing Guernsey law and lawyers. The purpose of this...…
Anus motion/Übersetzungsprobleme
Transblawg / Matthew Baldwin of The Morning News reports - or reported - that Spanish-speaking drivers have been getting out of drunk driving cases because of a deficiency in Spanish-language cards used by traffic cops: “But the defense somehow got a copy…
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