The Educational Review, Vol. 15: From June 1, 1901, to June 1, 1902 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

McKay, A.

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ISBN 10: 1334710821 ISBN 13: 9781334710827

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2016

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Excerpt from The Educational Review, Vol. 15: From June 1, 1901, to June 1, 1902

As to finding Scotch' and Scotchman in the works of Scottish Writers there are several things to be said When these authors are making non-scottish barbarians talk about Scotsmen and things Scottish, dramatic pro priety requires that these parties should talk in their usual barbarous and ignorant way. And when writing with an eye on possible English readers they may have adapted their terminology to the defective intelligence of such folk. Or, writing in haste as Scott for in stance), they may not always have been careful to dis criminate between the right term and the wrong. But, even with Scott, when there is some special reason for using the right word, he does use it, no matter how great his writing speed. The grim Earl Douglas in The Fair Maid of Perth might be called a Scotchman by an English play-wright, but a Scottish novelist could not make him call himself that. I am a true Scotsman is what Scott makes him say on a memorable occasion. And with Burns, too, it is Scotsman in the following immortal stanza.

But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow.

Even in these and similar passages it is possible to find the wrong word in some editions, but that is the fault of the printer or the proof-reader or some other mechanical barbarian. And this is another important point to be considered by those who lay stress on the forms of spelling they find in their copies. I have before now found it almost (and sometimes altogether)

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1334710821
• ISBN 13: 9781334710827
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 392
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