SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 863 Title : Correspondence from Canada: Letter 15 - 28.10.81 Author(s): 852 Copyright holder(s): Name withheld Text The Maggie 28th Oct. Dear Maw & Paw, Thanks for your last two letters, the latter of which included my G.U. Registration Card - an impressive document! I'm writing a brief note as I'm rushed off my feet trying to get a batch of essays marked. I was sorry to hear about Uncle Nelson - I hope he's all right, and the tests have proved negative. Give him my best. I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend in Embro! I can just picture Uncle Bruce with his new wee gadget, playing around with the TV channels. I received a reply from the British Council today - they've put me on their mailing list for vacancies, but these don't come out until March 1982. I'm going to write to their representative at the British Embassy in Cairo to see if he can give me some more advice. If I did get a job in Egypt it would be ideal - the way I feel at the moment is that I'd like to take a year off academic studies to live in the real world for a while. Meanwhile, the beat goes on... I received a sizeable bibliography on critical works written on William Dunbar from Caroline [CENSORED: surname] in Glasgow, which was nice of her to send. It's been raining hard for about 3 days, and we had some thunder and lightning this afternoon. Carole has written again, and wants me to learn a letter of the Arabic alphabet a day. She has some hopes. Apparently my name is something like [?] ٿ ڢ [/?] (remembering to read it backwards). However, I hear the audiovisual dept. here has a machine that teaches Arabic, so I might plug in to that some time and see what's what. I don't have the time now, that's for sure. What else? I've had my hair cut and I've received my American visa, in case I omitted to tell you. No birthday present yet though. Hope you're well. Regards to all. I'll write soon, Love, [CENSORED: forename] 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: 3-5 Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1981 Word count: 344 Text medium Other: airmail Text publication details Part of a longer series of texts: Name of series: Correspondence from Canada Text setting Private/personal: Text type Correspondence/letters: Author Author details Author id: 852 Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1950 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: University Lecturer Place of birth: Ayr Region of birth: S Ayr Birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Bridge of Weir Region of residence: Renfrew Residence CSD dialect area: Renfr Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Insurance Broker Father's place of birth: Auchinleck Father's region of birth: S Ayr Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Dental Receptionist Mother's place of birth: Ayr Mother's region of birth: S Ayr Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: In most everyday situations Language: Portuguese Speak: Yes Read: No Write: No Understand: Yes Circumstances: When trying to communicate with my in-laws Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: In domestic/activist circles; reading literature