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Thread #4984 Message #4111271
Posted By: GUEST
24-Jun-21 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: The Flower of Scotland
Subject: RE: The Flower of Scotland
Going back,' Flower of Scotland' was written during the period when there was a need for the radical movement, and the the use of past history was a propaganda tool to promote the nationalist movement. We have moved past that, even if we don't have independence yet. We have the SNP in power.. and a devolved government We should stop using the past like the Bruce etc, stop singing and chanting about sending anyone home tae think again (England!!) and start promoting today's Scotland in modern common shared language. One of the reasons why Flower of Scotland has stood the test of time (even if I don't like it), and can be belted out by all, is that it does use ordinary common language which bypasses regional dialects. "Tae" is about the only use of Scots, and it is an easy word not much different to the word it replaces.