дальнейший брайсон
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glebAt length, I found my way over the river and back into the gleaming centre. I had a look at George Square, which is to my mind the handsomest in Britain, and then trudged uphill to Sauchiehall Street, where I remembered my favourite Glasgow joke. (Also my only Glasgow joke.) It's not a very good one, but I like it. A policeman collars a thief at the corner of Sauchiehall and Dalhousie, then drags him by the hair for a hundred yards to Rose Street to book him.
'Oi, why'd ye do tha'?' asks the aggrieved culprit, rubbing his head.
'Because I can spell Rose Street, ye thieving cunt,' says the policeman.
Bill Bryson. Notes from a Small Island
'Oi, why'd ye do tha'?' asks the aggrieved culprit, rubbing his head.
'Because I can spell Rose Street, ye thieving cunt,' says the policeman.
Bill Bryson. Notes from a Small Island
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Date: 2012-05-12 04:38 pm (UTC)Когда Bryson писал, шотландский еще не был государственным языком. Теперь их менты вполне могут регистрировать задержанных на родном языке, не делая при этом никаких ошибок.
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Date: 2012-05-12 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-12 04:58 pm (UTC)но, видимо, дело здесь не в орфографии, а в ментах.
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Date: 2012-05-12 05:03 pm (UTC)их сказать-то нельзя, от этого фонетическая запись не помогает