Wha's Like Us? (Say It in Scots!)

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Whether you’re hosting a Burns’ Supperor would like a pithy poem to share with your friends over a dram, there is a toast for everyone. Going home he switches on his heater fuelled by paraffin oil, developed by James “Paraffin” Young, born in Glasgow, Scotland. He uses a friction match, an English invention greatly improved into the Lucifer match by Sir Isaac Holden from Hurlet, Scotland, who also invented a wool combing machine and was a Liberal MP. It is probably the reason that the first thing many emigrating Scots do on landing abroad is to join the local Caledonian Society. ne.Sc. 2000 Press and Journal 4 May 17: So, when the bells ring out, raise your glass high, and in a proud and happy voice, say: 'Here's tae us, Wha's like us, De'il the wan, an' they're a' deid. ' Sc. 1993 Sunday Times 17 Oct : He tries hypnotherapy because he doesn’t want to be unconscious, the father of hypnotism in medicine being James Braid of Portmoak, Kinross-shire. Eventually he goes under anaesthetic, which was developed by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.

Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast." On Saint Andrew's Day when Scots rejoice in being Scottish, we present a poem about Caledonia. Wha's like us? Damn few an'

Phrs.: (1) here's me ..., used to emphasise a person's physical or mental state or situation; (2) here's tae us; wha's like us? Damn few and they're aw deid, freq. used toast or expression of self-congratulation, often used ironically. See also wha's like us (s.v. Wha I. 4. Phr.). (1) Gsw. 1986 Michael Elder Take the High Road: The Man from France 29: Then catch the moments as they fly, And use them as ye ought, man. Believe me happiness is shy, And comes not aye when sought, man! Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.”

Not being that comfortable with speeches, I’d probably keep it brief and maintain a whisky theme. It’s hard to beat: ‘Freedom an' whisky gang thegither! Take aff your dram!’ (Robert Burns). If he wants to find out what many of these famous Scots looked like, our English friend could visit the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the first institution of its kind in the world. indeed all dead! The inclusive, progressive, 21st century Scotland being toasted today - if not quite "bold, independent, The personal weblog of Grant Barrett, editor of the Double-Tongued Dictionary, a collection of words from the fringes of English.Robert Louis Stevenson was a beloved and respected writer of prose and poetry including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, all between 1850 and 1894. Read more Caledonia was sent to James Johnson on 23 January 1789 for inclusion in the Scots Musical Museum, however Johnson did not print the song. And the meaning of phrases such as: "Here's tae us! Fa's like us - damn few and they're aa deid!" have been confusing schoolchildren for years. Sc. 2000 Edinburgh Evening News 28 Sep 30: Here's a bottle and an honest man! What wad ye wish for mair, man? Wha kens, before his life may end, What his share may be o' care, man?

The mark of a Scot of all classes [is that] he ... remembers and cherishes the memory of his forebears, good or bad; and there burns alive in him a sense of identity with the dead even to the twentieth generation." The song is set to the air, ‘The Caledonian Hunt’s Delight’, a tune which first appeared in Niel Gow’s Strathspey Reels ( 1788). To make it easier to choose the right one(s) for you, we asked some well-known Scotch whisky personalities to share their favourites, for Burns’ Night and beyond. unconqur'd and free'- is more concerned with living allies than dead enemies. And its peaceful future is given more prominenceTobias Smollet, writing about golf in 1771. Pictured is the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Fife. Read more

Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) had a sound understanding of the Scottish character. Read more Then let us toast John Barleycorn, Each man a glass in hand Andy may his great prosperity Ne'er fail in old Scotland! Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), was Prime Minister from 1902-1905. Read morehere...It is also found as a shortened version of here is, as in: 'Here a train comin noo.' 'Here wee Joey on the phone.' In such a competitive world I believe it is my Scottish roots that have enabled me to keep a sincere and realistic approach to everything I do."