SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 113 Title : Letter: 08 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: forename] [CENSORED: surname], Heid Teacher, [CENSORED: name] Primary Schuil, [CENSORED: address] 24t. Oct. 2001 Guid Mistress [CENSORED: surname], SCOTS TUNG QUAICH COMPETEETION 2002. Scots Tung wad like tae invite aw the schuils athin the Musselburgh Schuils Cluster, baith Saicondary an Primary, tae tak pairt in oor saicont Scots language writin competeetion. We unnerstaun that yer neist forgaitherin isna or the 15t. November sae, tae gie aw the schuils in East Lothian as muckle notice as we can this year, we propone tae pit oot oor standart invite athin the neist twa three days (copy inclosit inower). Aw the particularities o the competeetion is gien in the invite but, gin the'r ocht in it ye dinna gree wi an wad raither hae chynged, juist let us ken an we'll pit oot a correckit vairsion afore the back end o the year. Forbye a copy o the standart invite, we've inclosit copies o the Scots Tung Wittins that reportit on the 2001 Scots Tung Quaich Competeetion alang wi a copy o particularities o the Scots Language Teachin Resources Collogue tae be hauden in Newbattle Abbey College on St. Andrews Day. We howp the lave o the [CENSORED: placename] schuils will be able tae jyne in wi [CENSORED: placename] Primary this year in takin pairt in the competeetion. As ye nae doot ken yersel, language is the key tae a body's identity an a kennin o thair ain Scots language gies fowk a first cless inlat tae thair ain history, cultur an identity. It's important for fowk tae ken whit words wis uised tae express the thochts gaun throu the heids o thair forebeirs at the time thair ain history an cutur wis bein mooldit. If this is allooed tae dee oot, aw they'll hae left will be a saicont-haund inlat tae somebody else's cultur an identity. 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: 2001 Word count: 321 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