Guest idol_wild Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Not a silly thing to say a perfectly logical thing to say, answer this, why are there "arts" degrees in non "arts" subjects?One can study the arts without being an artist. For example, my degree is in History of Art and Film Studies. So I am not an artist, but I am educated in two avenues of the arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Not a silly thing to say a perfectly logical thing to say, answer this, why are there "arts" degrees in non "arts" subjects?According to wikiMaster of Arts (Scotland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 sharn Good word! and used as far north as Caithness where they speak a dialect that isn't Doric, Gaelic, and probably not all that close to Scots either. Have e teuchters up yonder nicked 'at off e Doric cheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Aye you do.I don't listen to trance, I don't even listen to techno or house.Anyway having a sign at aberdeen airport in doric would be akin to having a sign saying "SUP NIZZLE?" at JFK airport or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 I don't listen to trance, I don't even listen to techno or house.Anyway having a sign at aberdeen airport in doric would be akin to having a sign saying "SUP NIZZLE?" at JFK airport or something.Pure genius.Laugh of the day, in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Anyway having a sign at aberdeen airport in doric would be akin to having a sign saying "SUP NIZZLE?" at JFK airport or something.Hmm, I think the "or something" part is the most important part of your statement there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 He really pissed off the locals because of the way he portrayed them, you might know that if you actually had an interest in the guy and his writing rather than only knowing about him atall because you were (most likely) made to read Sunset Song at school.I haven't read any Lewis Grassic Gibbon apart from a little excerpt of his anthology which I gave to a friend as a present (terrible I know). I don't think it is strictly necessary to do research into a writer's personal life and writing career to appreciate his or her work. You also seem to be implying that since I live in the north-east I should be knowledgable about Lewis Grassic Gibbon because this makes him part of my cultural heritage, which seems totally at odds with you dismissal of the local dialect. If that isn't what you're implying, then you are just having a go at me for not knowing much about one specific writer among millionswhich is just absurd. It's like me trying to paint you as a moron just because you don't know (in all likelihood, although you'll probably be looking to wikipedia in response to this post) that Jaroslav Hasek spent time in Russian prisoner camps during World War One, or that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a professor at Harvard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 I haven't read any Lewis Grassic Gibbon Try reading the fucking book before making bullshit statements about its content just so you can enter an argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Try reading the fucking book before making bullshit statements about its content just so you can enter an argument.I think you'll find I asked you a question about the characters in Lewis Grassic Gibbon books bud. Try harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 I think you'll find I asked you a question about the characters in Lewis Grassic Gibbon books bud. Try harder.You asked that question because you assumed (mistakenly, because you haven't even read the book) that he portrayed the people of the mearns in a glowing light. You were wrong, deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Try reading the fucking book before making bullshit statements about its content just so you can enter an argument.That's very lazy, sir.And you haven't even responded to the point Larsen B was making (which is entirely valid, in my opinion).For shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 That's very lazy, sir.And you haven't even responded to the point Larsen B was making (which is entirely valid, in my opinion).For shame! I'm not implying that he should be aware of leslie mitchell just because he lives in the north east and its part of his cultural heritage, or that you should know the background of a writer before being able to appreciate his work (reading the work in the first place is generally a good starting point). I'm plainly saying that he tried to make a point originally without even having read the book, I discounted his paltry attempt at stirring shit up and now he's just clutching at straws and deviating even further from the original subject of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Actually I just wasted a heap of time replying to Stripey to do him a favour, but there's really no point in trying so I'll just not bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Apparently loads of American tourists turn up at the Grassic Gibbon centre every year asking to see the monkeys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Mair Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 I heard a rumour that it was originally: "Welcome to Scotland. It is an offence to steal oil, lend money or import heroin." They simplified it as part of the devolunion settlement, or so I'm told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Welcome to Scotland, the home of rubbish arguments. Welcome to Scotland, we hate Jimmy Hill, he's a poof, he's a poof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Welcome to Scotland the home of petitions and stupid decisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Mair Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Cum awa in tae Teuchterland. We're the 19th hole in The Mannie Trumphy's Compound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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