Very interesting the way the London and Scottish media reported Alex Salmond's launch of the SNP Glasgow North East by-election campaign. Sounds like they need to hire those "Glaswegian English" translators we've all been blogging about. See my post here and Yappin Yousaf's here. Salmond predicted the by-election would be a "brammer" To me that suggests an enjoyably energetic contest...ending in a landslide for the SNP. But The Telegraph ignored the guid Scots word, prefering "spectacular". Where's Stanley Baxter when you need him?
So....exactly how spectacular is a brammer? How does it translate?
Scottish Hampers sell a "Brammer Hamper" at £98.99, compared to The Wee Stoater at £58.99. The Brammer contains "the finest Inverawe Smoked Salmon, Rannochs Smoked Chicken and loads of fantastic Scottish Cheeses and Fine Wines." The real deal, however, is The Big Yin at £999.99. It comes with clootie dumpling, the king of food. Then again, the original Big Yin doesn't support independence, so not a good term to bring into the mix. ....Anyway, talking of brammers, Wardog has a very amusing pictorial post on the by-election which suggests that it will indeed be a spectacular and energetic contest.
Thanks for the link,
Posted by: Wardog | October 15, 2009 at 12:47 AM