The English lady engaged a new gardener, a man of obvious Scots dascent and accent. His dialect and .expressions ■- quite mystified his nustraw, so that she waß compelled tc» ask her daughter to approach the man about modifying them. "Mackay," Mu» Dorothy remarked casually one day, ( "would you mind'when yon are speakihg to my mother not to use bo.many Scottish expressions, such as 'kale runts' and 'tatties,' yon know?" Mao* kay straightened himself from the task he was engaged upon and looked, reprovingly at the young girl. "Diana fnsh yersel'," he answered, f "yer mither s nae a fule, an' gin ye gie her time she'll tummlQ tae ma manner o speech." He paused a moment, and tnen added suddenly: "An' it's nae 'tatties'—it's taaaties.' '*
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17223, 13 August 1921, Page 10
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