Saturday, March 31, 2018

EL ARTE DE SABER ESCUCHAR

Momo sabía escuchar de tal manera que a la gente tonta se le ocurrían, de repente, ideas muy inteligentes. No porque dijera o preguntara algo que llevara a los demás a pensar esas ideas, no; simplemente estaba allí y escuchaba con toda su atención y toda simpatía. Mientras tanto miraba al otro con sus...

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

LOS AMIGOS DEL CANGURO ZAPATONES

Puestos a elegir al animal más horrendo de toda la selva, nos quedamos, sin ninguna duda con el canguro Zapatones... "No hay manera, soy más feo que un madril con rubeola", sonreía divertido.  Zapatones pasa bastante de la última novedad en moda, no se bloquea con la ropa y con los escaparates....

Saturday, March 24, 2018

THE SCOTTISH WORD OF THE DAY

Airt. An airt is a direction or point of the compass. From a´the airts means "from all over the place". Alba (al-a-pah). Alba is the Gaelic name for Scotland. A number of motorists in Scotland, even non-Gaelic speaking ones, have "Alba" on the nationality plates on their cars. Alba gu bràth. It´s...

Thursday, March 22, 2018

¡CONSTRUYAMOS UN BARCO!

Si quieres construir un barco, no empieces por buscar madera, cortar tablas o distribuir el trabajo. Lo primero es inspirar en los hombres el anhelo del mar libre y ancho Aintone de Saint-Exupery (autor de "El principito") ...

THE SCOTTISH WORD OF THE DAY

Aiblins (abe-lins). It´s an old-fashioned or literay Word meaning perhaps or possibly: We´d  had a few pints-ablins a guid few. Ain (rhymes with rain). It means "own": I´m going on my ain; He can wash his ain claes. Aince (eenss). It´s a Northeastern word meaning "once". For aince in my life... HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. Scots Dictionary. The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (2nd...

Friday, March 16, 2018

THE SCOTTISH WORD OF THE DAY

Ages. Someone who is ages with someone elseis the same age as that person: My James ages wi her David. Agley (a-glay or a-gliy) or aglee (a-glee). Agley means "squint" or "askew". If someone goes agley it doesnt happen or work out in the way that was intented or hoped for: Their schemes had gone irreparably agley. (The word comes from the earlier gley "squint", which comes from from Middle...

Saturday, March 10, 2018

THE SCOTTISH WORD OF THE DAY

Ae (rhymes with bay). Ae means one or a single: ae fond kiss. Aff. It means "off": Get aff the grass! 2 Aff also means "from": I got it aff ma sister. Afore (a-fore). Afore means "before": I´ll be in Scotland afore you. Afore also means "in front of". After. If someone says they are just after doing something, they mean that they have just finished doing it: Wipe your feet. I´m just after cleaning...