SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 954 Title : d gaet haum Author(s): Mark R Smith Copyright holder(s): Mark R Smith Text dir fifteen pownd on d meetr, an wir no eevn wun tae d Nesbister jungshn yit. i hauk i d ers paukit u me breeks. good. twintee pownd left. d soond u d tyres, on yun nyoo chips dt d coonsil pat upu d rod, flees up itae d car. Small Talk ran oot a whiil ago. “no. a peerie bit ferdir yit.” i tell d dryvir, whin he slows doon at d sooth whiteness raud. i sit back itae d saet an try t maak my drunken een fin dir focus. * d muinlyt is lyin on tap u d loch. hits sheeny, lik dir sumeen pauleesht up d waatir. reeflekshins o staars. piktirs o d hill appear in dis spontaneous mirror. d soond u d tyres is fer awey iz i look oot. doon d hill d cloods tumble. faan oot u d sky lik beauteefl lumps u oo. dae creep t d eidge u d loch, lik i mind doain years ago, a bairn creepin t d syd o dis saam loch t test d tempratur afore riskin a sweem. oot ower d waatir d cloods flaut. dir no a buil on d fis uda loch. we taak n aij t dryv by. i windir if d dyvir iz seen d saam iz me. liklee no. he’ll liklee be waatchin d raud, tinkin aboot whit iz nixt fair myt be. ur mibee aboot maakin fir haum eftir hees slippit me aff. d runkl o lows stauns undr d wheels iz we dryv up wir raud. “Eighteen pounds please.” i gee him d twintee “hits aa ryt. keep d cheinj.” yun munee ll be gaun afore laang, i tink iz i waatch him draa awaa: pittn twaard d electric d fuel d waatir d shoes fur d bairns mibee. but dat peerie meenit dryvn by d loch i kerree we me yit. 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 General public: Informed lay people: Other: Self + anyone interested in dialect writing Audience size: 1 Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2004 Word count: 314 Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 868 Forenames: Mark Initials: R Surname: Smith Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1970 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 16 Place of birth: Lerwick Region of birth: Shetland Birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's region of birth: Shetland Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's region of birth: Shetland Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: