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Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« on: Tuesday 22 June 10 01:24 BST (UK) »
My mother always used to say - please excuse the  spelling - Guid geer gaze inta wee book - Does anyone know where this saying came from and the proper spelling.

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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 07:04 BST (UK) »
Hi it means good gear goes into  a small book

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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 13:21 BST (UK) »
Thanks, I did know the meaning because my Mum is a very small person, so she used to say that about herself.  I was looking for the correct spelling, because we want to use it in a tribute to her.

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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 14:40 BST (UK) »
How lovely--- I suppose we Sassenachs would say " Good things come in small packages"-or -"Quality not Quantity". Kind regards. Viktoria.

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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 15:57 BST (UK) »
I don't think there's such thing as 'correct' spelling when it comes to Scots, because it's a dialect rather than a written language. Having said that, I suppose really you'd be looking at 'Guid gear gaes intae a wee book!"
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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 16:02 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much, that is more what I was looking for.

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Rita
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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 21:51 BST (UK) »
Dialect!  ???

Language- check this site for spelling
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/
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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 21:56 BST (UK) »
Or good things come in little bundles

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Re: Need help with Old Broad Scots Language
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 22 June 10 22:33 BST (UK) »
I think I would say "buik" meaning bulk, rather than book - "guid gear cams in sma' buik" was what my granny said.

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