Woops, sorry about my sloppy grasp of history/maths. I seem to have overstated my case, so thank you, Mr Guiness.

Anyway, even if Burns is halfway back in time between us and Shakespeare, that still makes it unsurprising that the meaning of his language is not always obvious to us. But he won't get away with any of that fancy ellipsis stuff now that Mudcat are on to him.

Marje