One of the best comedy descriptions of Scotland is in Lee Evan's DVD (can't remember what it was called though). It's the one with the spiral cover sleeve if that helps.
PS. Ah - just remembered. Think it was called Live in Scotland
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by dat8962 » Dec 19th, '05, 19:38
One of the best comedy descriptions of Scotland is in Lee Evan's DVD (can't remember what it was called though). It's the one with the spiral cover sleeve if that helps.
PS. Ah - just remembered. Think it was called Live in Scotland
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by the_mog » Dec 20th, '05, 14:40
dagger????? its a sgian dubh!... you could at least try and get the terminology right! 
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by Tom Lauten » Dec 20th, '05, 15:14
Ok...well here I am in my "custom taylored" kilt.
It is a black cotton canvas, it has a built in sporran as well as utility pockets at the back. This is a modern utilitarian type deal.
If you are actually keen on the kilt (which I REALLY am) have a look here!
http://www.utilikilts.com
Oh yes, I have a sgian dubh which I was given for my 40th birthday. It was sharpened by the swordsmith (yes they really do still exist) who made all the master swords for the Lord of the Rings and Narnia films.
According to Wikipedia,
I wore mine to Christmas dinner in Dromnadrochit near Inverness (my adopted second home) in 2003. I didn't opt for the "traditional underwear" as it was a bit too cold out for a first timer and it was a very family based dinner, I wimped out on that one.
It is a black cotton canvas, it has a built in sporran as well as utility pockets at the back. This is a modern utilitarian type deal.
If you are actually keen on the kilt (which I REALLY am) have a look here!
http://www.utilikilts.com
Oh yes, I have a sgian dubh which I was given for my 40th birthday. It was sharpened by the swordsmith (yes they really do still exist) who made all the master swords for the Lord of the Rings and Narnia films.
According to Wikipedia,
Pronounced "skeen doov" (apparently), the name comes from the Gaelic meaning "black knife", where "black" may refer to the usual colour of the handle of the knife. It is also suggested that "black" means secret, or hidden, as in the word blackmail. This is based on the stories and theories surrounding the knife's origin.
Used by the Scots of the 17th and 18th centuries, this knife was slightly larger than the average modern sgian dubh and was carried in the upper sleeve or lining of the body of the jacket.
Courtesy and etiquette would demand that when entering the home of a friend, any concealed weapons would be revealed. It follows that the sgian achlais would be removed from its hiding-place and displayed in the stocking top held securely by the garters.
The sheath is hidden from view in the stocking while the sgian dubh is worn.
I wore mine to Christmas dinner in Dromnadrochit near Inverness (my adopted second home) in 2003. I didn't opt for the "traditional underwear" as it was a bit too cold out for a first timer and it was a very family based dinner, I wimped out on that one.
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by Larry » Dec 20th, '05, 16:31
the_mog wrote:dagger????? its a sgian dubh!... you could at least try and get the terminology right!
i don't mean to sound offensive but how do you actually pronounce that?
(I'm a mathematician, not a linguist)
to us lowly yorkshire folk it'll still remian a dagger methinks
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by Tom Lauten » Dec 20th, '05, 16:35
See the post above yours. I had already put the pronunciation in there...at least the one I found. I always thought it didn't have the "v" sound at the end. Someone who truely knows Gaelic could help with that.
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by the_mog » Dec 20th, '05, 17:35
its pronounced pretty much as tom has it but without the v at the end.. skean doo!
nice pic btw Tom... you almost look like a Scot
nice pic btw Tom... you almost look like a Scot
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by Tom Lauten » Dec 20th, '05, 17:59
That's how I thought it was pronounced...where they got the "V" from I can't imagine.
I was considering wearing my kilt up Ben Nevis last month but I'm glad I opted for thermal water proofs! I think the 40 knot winds, horizontal hail and drifting snow would have resulted in more than a cold weather SNAP!
That's gotta hurt!
I was considering wearing my kilt up Ben Nevis last month but I'm glad I opted for thermal water proofs! I think the 40 knot winds, horizontal hail and drifting snow would have resulted in more than a cold weather SNAP!
That's gotta hurt!
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by the_mog » Dec 20th, '05, 18:59
in Gaelic pronunciation a bh is pronounced as a v if i remember correctly. but ive never heard anyone stick a v on the end of doo!
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by Tom Lauten » Dec 20th, '05, 19:07
...ive never heard anyone stick a v on the end of doo!
Maybe not...but I have heard of someone with a doo on the end of a stick!
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