Scots Dialect

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:06 pm

Can anyone answer a question for me about dialect in a Scottish poem/song?

The song is Hamish Henderson's "51 Highland Division's Farewell to Sicily".

I get most of it, but the line I can't figure out is "A' the bricht chalmers are eerie"

Thanks

brianholton · Post by **brianholton** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:16 pm

all the bright chambers (bedrooms) are gloomy, strange and lonely

you'll find the big Scots dictionaries here:
http://www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk/

guid luck!

brian

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:19 am

Much obliged. I bookmarked the link - if I'm going to keep listening to the music, I'm sure I'll need it again.