30 Mar
2005
30 Mar
'05
6:36 a.m.
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 22:51 +1000, Huw Davies wrote:
On 30/03/2005, at 6:01 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Try reading the book - it's entirely written in the same style as spoke
Scottish, so is extremely heavy going. (I don't mind the dailogue in the
film, but the book made my brain hurt!)
Back on topic, does the correct pronunciation of kludge contain the 'd',
or is it silent? 98% of people here in the UK seem to pronounce the d,
but I've heard a few who don't. Mind you, 'bodge' is an equivalent and
more commonly heard over here than kludge.
cheers
Jules
Doubtless from the Scots word
"cludgie", meaning outside toilet.
Since we don't have those any more, it refers to any rather squalid
toilet - think about the bookmaker scene in Trainspotting.
You mean you actually understand the dialog in Trainspotting - my
housekeeper who originally comes from Glasgow admits she can't
understand much of the dialog :-)