SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 80 Title : Letter: 05 Author(s): Robert Fairnie Copyright holder(s): Robert Fairnie Text SCOTS TUNG The Scots Leid Quorum [CENSORED: address] Eydentlie uphaudin the Scots Leid Campaine e-screive: [CENSORED: emailaddress] [CENSORED: companyname] Newsagents & Tobacconists, [CENSORED: address] 11t Januar 2002 Guid Maister [CENSORED: surname], Monie thanks for haundlin oor Scots language Christmas cairds this year an please fund the invoice for thaim inclosit inower. [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] wis tellin us aboot ye speirin efter a [CENSORED: placename] caird for neist year. The’r nae doot sic a thing cuid be duin but, the kinch wi gittin onie less nor twa thoosand o the ae caird is the higher cost. For cairds the same size an type as the anes ye wis sellin, we'd hae tae chairge £1.30 a caird for five hunner or 85p a caird for a thoosand, baith includin envelopes. The maist cairds onie shop haes ivver sellt wis aboot five hunner an thon wis wi a selection o five diffrent anes sae ye micht be leukin at takin twa or aiblins three year tae shift five hunner o the ae caird. Hae a wee thocht aboot it an lat us ken whit ye think. Wi couthie thochts, SCOTS TUNG, R. Fairnie (Secretar). 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+): Audience size: 1 Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2002 Word count: 179 Text setting Private/personal: Text type Correspondence/letters: Author Author details Author id: 95 Forenames: Robert Surname: Fairnie Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 16 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Consultant Marine Structural Engineer (Retired) Place of birth: Musselburgh Region of birth: Midlothian Birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Musselburgh Region of residence: Midlothian Residence CSD dialect area: midLoth Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Fisherman Father's place of birth: Musselburgh Father's region of birth: Midlothian Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Fishwife Mother's place of birth: Musselburgh Mother's region of birth: Midlothian Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work Language: German Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: In Germany to communicate with two grandsons Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Wherever Scots is understood