yi mist yirsell so yi did
we aw skiptwirr ferz njumptaffit thi lights
YIZIR AW PINE THEY FERZ THIMORRA
o it wizza scream
thaht big shite wiz dayniz nut…
—Tom Leonard, “A Scream”
from Six Glasgow Poems (1967)
https://www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetry-and-prose.html
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right inuff
ma language is disgraceful
ma maw tellt mi
ma teacher tellt mi
thi doactir tellt mi
thi priest tellt mi…
—Tom Leonard, “right inuff”
published in GHOSTIE MEN (Galloping Dog Press, 1980)
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Rated A Moment in the Reeds 6/10
Finnish word: marjastaa.
One verb meaning to go out into the forest and pick berries. A garden bush does not count. Marjastaa covers the whole thing, the drive out, the bucket, the stained hands, the coming home.
There is a matching verb for mushrooms. Sienestää.
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A 🧵 loan - https://www.threads.com/share/DW2e7Cufw/
“Weird” is a weird word
From Beowulf to Shakespeare to you
by Colin Gorrie
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/weird-is-a-weird-word
Beowulf & Shakespeare at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=beowulf
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65
Fun with edu-fuckin-cation, am I doing it right? 😂
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