[lit-ideas] Re: Counter-Suggestion
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:05:47 -0700
On Jun 8, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
It's surprising about the 'born in the barn', for
i. in Scots, 'bairn' is _child_.
This may confuse Ritchie, the new American (just teasing friendly)
Were diss bairn born in barn?
From earliest times--between the hours of midnight and five a.m.--
all Scottish babies (bairns) are birthed in burns (streams), this
being a fabulously cheap way of keeping anesthesia costs low and
everything clean.
David Ritchie,
not confused at all in
Portland, Oregon
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