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Boswell on Scots
‘The Scottish language is being lost every day, and in a short time will become quite unintelligible. [...] To me, who have the true patriotic soul of an old Scotsman, that would seem a pity. It is for that reason that I have undertaken to make a dictionary of our tongue, through which one will always have the means of learning it like any other dead language.’ (Boswell in Holland, p. 161)
I found this in the Heritage area of Scotsman newspaper, online. A scholar named Susan Rennie has found draft copy of Boswell's Scottish dictionary. Hereto you will find the link to that blog:
www.boswellian.com
Hope someone finds this of interest!! I recently read Johnson & Boswell's Scottish trip way back....and found it quite interesting. Joan
‘The Scottish language is being lost every day, and in a short time will become quite unintelligible. [...] To me, who have the true patriotic soul of an old Scotsman, that would seem a pity. It is for that reason that I have undertaken to make a dictionary of our tongue, through which one will always have the means of learning it like any other dead language.’ (Boswell in Holland, p. 161)
I found this in the Heritage area of Scotsman newspaper, online. A scholar named Susan Rennie has found draft copy of Boswell's Scottish dictionary. Hereto you will find the link to that blog:
www.boswellian.com
Hope someone finds this of interest!! I recently read Johnson & Boswell's Scottish trip way back....and found it quite interesting. Joan
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