First glimpses of a forever home
The Scottish Borders: didn't know them, only knew Berwickshire as a place to pass through. Now I live there. How did that happen?
One of the first words that throws you off balance in Scots English is the verb ‘to stay’. When someone says, ‘I’m staying in the village,’ it doesn’t mean they’re here for a little while in a b&b or a short-term rental. It means they live there.
I’m now staying in the Scottish Borders. A geographic border is also a language border; so let’s slip between…
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