"So," I think, "I'll make the post and then edit in the right spelling."
And three minutes later you're on my case!
Sheesh.


Grant Hutchison

Normally I don't do typos but sometimes they're too good to pass up

Aye, well, fair enough.
I did something similar to Jeff a while back (where is Jeff?), incurring a certain amount of ire from him. So if I'm going to dish it I'd better take it, too.

It's a mildly interesting error, now I look it at. I was taking a first pass at the spelling based on a knowledge of the background story (which you linked to).
"Lady Mundagreen" is what falls out when I say "laid him on the green". "Mondegreen" is the work of someone with an entirely different accent from mine.

Grant Hutchison

I wasn't having a go, and sorry if it came across that way. That song does conjure mental images of the Shortbread tin, romanticised Highlands that were invented by Victorians. This image bears almost exactly NO similarity to the actual Highlands at any stage of their history, including the present day.

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Well, thanks for the first-hand info. Much appreciated.

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"Evil Scotsman" by Billy Connolly should be our national anthem.

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Funny that I've never heard of that Flower song thing. There's me, born in Scotland, huge pile of folk music CDs, and apparently this thing is so popular it's sung at rugby matches. Perhaps that's the problem. I tend to assume anything popular is anodyne and ignore it. Probably I'd know it if I heard it, but I'm not about to turn the mute button off on this computer to find out. I should imagine the fact that its still in copyright would be a distinct disadvantage. You'd have to pay to use it.
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Ivan,
FoS was written by the Corries, a well known and respected duo on the UK folk scene, and as hairy, folky and genuine as you would wish. Where have you been?
Copyright, no doubt, but if your song had been adopted as your country's national anthem, official or not, wouldn't you be rather proud?

And it may be governmentally unofficial, but FoS is now the Official Song of both the Scottish Rugby AND Football Associations.
So Boo! to anyone who voted otherwise!

John

PS That "Scottish" is two other uses of the non-Scots word.