The Scotsman - Lettersopinion-letters:LettersLinguistic mix-up- July 5, 2008 Scots is a language which developed from Anglian, the northern dialect of Anglo-Saxon, which was spoken in the lands between the Forth and the Humber.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Linguistic-mixup.4259041.jp Faded grandeur- July 5, 2008 While Bill Jamieson was correct on several issues concerning his cruise on steamship Sir Walter Scott, he has been economical with the truth on other issues (Between thehttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Faded-grandeur.4259043.jp Greed- July 5, 2008 We pay our MSPs such a pittance that they need an extra 30 a day payment to make sure they get enough to eat (your report, 26 June). I wish I had 30 a day to spendhttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Greed--.4259046.jp Keep buses moving- July 5, 2008 With bus lanes proving so successful, buses might now be given some longitudinal priority where their timetables are wrecked by roadworks. I suggest, 50m ahead of a crucial rohttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Keep-buses-moving.4259047.jp Learning respect for life- July 5, 2008 With reports of youth violence almost a daily occurrence, some good news might be timely. In addition to my civilian parish of Berwick, I am also privileged to serve as chaplahttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Learning-respect-for-life.4259038.jp Heading for Canada- July 5, 2008 Bravo Canada for inviting more Britons to settle there. Canada would become slightly more British, and that is something we could take pride in. Britishness is not geographichttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Heading-for-Canada.4259044.jp Care needed on FoI plan- July 5, 2008 Proposals by the Scottish Government to extend Freedom of Information legislation to cover more organisations carrying out certain public functions (your report, 30 June&http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Care-needed-on-FoI-plan.4259039.jp Ban animal mutilations- July 4, 2008 I am sure Dan Buglass did not mean to be flippant or inhumane when he described the tail-docking of 15 million young lambs, without anaesthetic or analgesia, as a "slighthttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Ban-animal-mutilations.4255099.jp Donations- July 4, 2008 Dr Douglas Lester is quite wrong to assert that "it is worse openly to accept 500,000 from... Brian Souter than secretly to accept a paltry 950 from a... Channel Islandehttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Donations--.4255091.jp Seize this chance- July 4, 2008 Your extracts from Fire In The Night (21, 23 and 24 June) must have stirred many emotions: enduring sadness among those who lost dear ones and pride for those connecthttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/letters/Seize-this-chance.4255098.jp |