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Scots Language Society
Annual Collogue 2009
The Mairch & Mell o Scots & Gaelic
Gàidheal is Gall a' siubhal le chéile
(£15, £12 concession - buffet includit)
Programme
Venue: A.K. Bell Library, York Place, Perth
Theme:
The Mairch & Mell o Scots & Gaelic
Gàidheal is Gall a' siubhal le chéile
9.30 am
Reception & Registration
10.00 Walcome & Innin – John Law (Administrator)
10.10
Giving Stick to the Minister:
Aspects of Lexical and Idiomatic Borrowing between Scots and Gaelic
11.00 Elaine Morton
'Forth bridles the wild Highlandman'
Facts, Fictions and Fantasies - impact of Highland culture on the Lowlands in historical and urban contexts
11.30 Sangschaw session
a puckle o the pick o the Sangschaw leiterary competition entries, & announcement o this year's winners o the Scotsoun Hugh MacDiarmid an Robert MacLellan Tassies for poetry & prose respectively
12.15
Presentation o Annual Accoonts, & AGM o the Scots Language Society
12.45 Buffet Lunch
13.45 Dr George Philp introduces his new beuk
A Companion to Scotsoun
14.15 Ian MacDonald, Comhairle nan Leabhraichean
A Meeting-Ground in Letters
Some examples of literary interactions
15.15 J. Derrick McClure
On Settin Owre Dàin do Eimhir intil Scots
16.15 Aathegither
General collogue thegither on issues arisin frae the day; skailin roun aboot 5pm