Are the speshlz Younger’s Tartan Special? Or Carlsberg Special Brew? This question & more explored by Prof Al Filreis & poet Christie Williamson as they discuss Tom Leonard’s “Jist ti Let Yi No” ☝️
3/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUK0hXxfpto
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Glasgow #Glaswegian #voice #Scots #Scotslanguage #TomLeonard #CarlosWilliams
Tom Leonard “Jist ti Let Yi No”
(from the American of Carlos Williams)
ahv drank
thi speshlz
that wurrin
thi frij
n thit
yiwurr probbli
hodn back
furthi pahrti
awright
they wur great
thaht stroang
thaht cawld
2/13
Audio on Penn Sound:
https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Leonard/Tom-Leonard_Jist-ti-Let-Yi-No.mp3
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Glasgow #Glaswegian #voice #Scots #Scotslanguage #TomLeonard #CarlosWilliams
Are the speshlz Younger’s Tartan Special? Or Carlsberg Special Brew? This question & more explored by Prof Al Filreis & poet Christie Williamson as they discuss “Jist ti Let Yi No” ☝️
3/13
#Scottish #literature #language #Glasgow #Glaswegian #poem #poetry #TomLeonard #CarlosWilliams
Tom Leonard “Jist ti Let Yi No”
(from the American of Carlos Williams)
ahv drank
thi speshlz
that wurrin
thi frij
n thit
yiwurr probbli
hodn back
furthi pahrti
awright
they wur great
thaht stroang
thaht cawld
2/13
#Scottish #literature #language #Glasgow #Glaswegian #poem #poetry #TomLeonard #CarlosWilliams
Audio available online here:
https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Leonard/Tom-Leonard_Jist-ti-Let-Yi-No.mp3
Assoc for Scottish Literature