SM> Hello Bj”rn.

 SM> 30 Mar 03 09:22, you wrote to me:

 SM>>> Och laddie; unless yu were born an' raised ain bonny auld Scotland,
 SM>>> yu'll be seeain' wee imaginarie faeries aftar fieve MacEwans!

 BF>> You aint more Scottish than I so take it easy.

 SM> [A forboding silence hangs thick in the air, while MacPherson's contenance
 SM> grows dark as pitch...]

Don you mean "MacPherson's contentious..."

SM> I /think/ yu'll want ta be takin' thaat back, laddie, or I'll be
 SM> introduceain' yu tu ma Claymore! [hand on hilt..]

 BF>> I doubt you even know who McEwans are.

 SM> Thaat's /Mac/Ewans, laddie, an' they'r ma neighbors, doown ain tha glen
 SM> near Aberdeen. Tha Scotch Malt liquor thaat they make ais joost what they
 SM> du with tha leftovars...

In fact it is McEwans and it is the best beer in the world and if you
didn't know this,
you ain't a genuin Scotish. All medium-brown that glimmer ain't whiskey.
The next test for you is to prounounce "roundabout" in Scotish
and if you can do that
properly I might consider to take you for English. A clue is to ask the
Aussie how he would do
it.

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