SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1336 Title : Email correspondence - Jim McGonigal and Matthew Fitt 2 Author(s): Matthew Fitt James McGonigal Copyright holder(s): Matthew Fitt James McGonigal Text ----- Original Message ----- From: "DR JAMES MCGONIGAL" [CENSORED: email address] To: [CENSORED: email address] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:16 AM Subject: Re: muckle and mony thanks Aw Matthew-- The baith o ye gie Scotland a wheech o inspiration that is sair needit in a land hauntit by owre mony ghaists o eejits an rogues. Sae dinna lose the hope ye gie tae ithers. Awra best-- Jim -----Original Message----- From: "Matthew Fitt" [CENSORED: email address] To: "Jim Mcgonigal" [CENSORED: email address] Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:29:42 +0100 Subject: muckle and mony thanks Jim, Warslin awa at gettin Scots acceptit, ye can whiles get a dunt. Afore the meetin this efterninn, [CENSORED: forename] and I were juist that - dunted. We'd had a few guid clamihewits tae the back o the heid for wir efforts lately and yon can crowl in unner the skin, look like no comin oot again. But the fowre o yous this efterninn. Thank you sae much. Me and [CENSORED: forename] kept on bletherin efter we said goodbye oot on the street and it wis aw aboot the suggestions made, the advice giein and hou we were gonnae git tore in again. Birse, smeddum, virr - that's whit the meetin gied us back. Sae thank you aince mair, Jim. We'll git back in touch aboot probably a wheen o thae points raised, maistly by yir guid sel. Fair fa ye, Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Mcgonigal To: Matthew Fitt Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Itchy Coo Advisory Group That's great, Matthew. Sorry for the delayed reply-- have been under pressure.  Best-- Jim   ----- Original Message -----   From: Matthew Fitt   To: Jim McGonigal   Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:25 AM   Subject: Itchy Coo Advisory Group   Hi again Jim,   Looking forward to seeing you this afternoon at [CENSORED: forename]'s office at 4.30pm.   James and I would like to discuss mainly this:   how to make Scots a National Priority for Scottish Education   See you   Matthew This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): Males: Audience size: 2 Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2005 Word count: 318 Text medium Email: Text publication details Part of a longer series of texts: Name of series: Ongoing email correspondence Text setting Education: Text type Correspondence/letters: Author Author details Author id: 78 Forenames: James Surname: McGonigal Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 18 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Catholicism Occupation: University lecturer Place of birth: Dumfries Region of birth: E & Mid Dumfries Birthplace CSD dialect area: Dmf Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: F.E. Lecturer Father's place of birth: Cleland Father's region of birth: Lanark Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Lnk Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Primary School teacher Mother's place of birth: Midcalder Mother's region of birth: West Lothian Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: wLoth Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Work and home Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Used occasionally Language: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic Speak: No Read: No Write: No Understand: Yes Circumstances: Very limited vocabulary Language: German Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Used occasionally Language: Scots Speak: No Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Work (language study) and creative writing Language: Spanish; Castilian Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Used occasionally Author Author details Author id: 96 Forenames: Matthew Surname: Fitt Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1960 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism - Evangelical Pentecostal Occupation: Writer Place of birth: Dundee Region of birth: E Angus Birthplace CSD dialect area: Ags Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Coulter Region of residence: Lanark Residence CSD dialect area: Lnk Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Barber Father's place of birth: Belfast Father's country of birth: Northern Ireland Mother's occupation: Journalist Mother's place of birth: Dundee Mother's region of birth: E Angus Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ags Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: Czech Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: