human
Weel, John, we're gowin' to part. I have been a gude wife to you, John.
gpt
Oh, just middling, Jenny, just middlin', said John, not disposed to commit himself.
human
John, says she,
gpt
human
Weel, weel, Jenny, my woman, said John, soothingly,
gpt
Capital Punishment
human
Sic a blow! My heed's a' ringin' again!
gpt
Nae wonder, said his companion;
human
How could it ring, said the other,
gpt
Did ye ever hear onything sae gran'? Wasna that a sermon? But all her expressions of admiration being met by a stolid glance, she shouted:
human
Speak, woman! Wasna that a sermon?
gpt
Ou ay, replied her friend sulkily;
human
gpt
Read it! said the other, with indignant emphasis.
human
I wadna care if he had whistled it.
gpt
has in Scotland a peculiar application, irrespective of any integrity of moral character. It is a kindly mode of referring to an individual, as we would say to a stranger:
human
Honest man, would you tell me the way to----? or as Lord Hermand, when about to sentence a woman for stealing, began remonstratively;
gpt
Honest woman, what gar'd ye steal your neighbor's tub?