http://www.wordnik.com/lists/scotch-on-the-rocks.xml The miracle of Google Books now makes available in digital form many literary treasures of the past, which would otherwise remain sequestered in dusty libraries. For instance, Charles Mackay's admirable "Dictionary of Lowland Scotch", upon which this list is based. <br /> <br />The fidelity with which the information is transmitted can depend on the particular web location you visit. For example, one site's digitized version of the book describes it as: <br /> <br />A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch <br />with an INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON TEE POETRY, HUMOUR, AND UTERARY HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH UNGUAGE BY <br /> <br />CHARLES MACKAY. LL.D. <br /> <br />AUTHOR or "lost bbautibs op thb bnglish ulnguagb," <br />"thb gablic stymology op thb languagbs op wbstbrn buropb," <br />"a glossakt op thb obscusb words and phrasbs in shaxspbarb and HIS contbmporaribs," btc. btc <br /> <br />The original intention of the Editor of this work was to make it a guide to the better comprehension by English readers of the immortal works of Bobert Bums and Walter Soott, and of the beautiful Scottish poetry to be found in the ancient and modem ballads and songs of the "North Countrie". <br /> <br />So, if you've always yearned to be more familiar with the poems of Bobbie Bums, this list's for you. <br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/yark Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:03:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/yark http://www.wordnik.com/words/wallageous Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wallageous http://www.wordnik.com/words/updorrock Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:59:50 +0000 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