Caledonia Dreamin - Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent

ISBN-13: 9781908125309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 274 str.

Hal Duncan;Chris Kelso

Opis

Glaikit, mockit, droukit, drouthy, couthy, scunner, thrawn - the Scots language is rich with words too gallus not to glory in, dialect terms that deserve better than to be boxed away as precious oddities. Here we've collected some of the strangest writers of Scottish descent to bring these terms to life - that's Scottish by heritage or residence, adoption or initiation...