Little John Cameron

Subject: Little John Cameron
From: GUEST,John Crosbie
Date: 17 Aug 00 - 09:05 PM

Is there anyone who has any idea what language Little John Cameron is writing in?

Someone said that he's from Newfoundland. Well, I'm from Newfoundland and I've never heard anyone talk like he writes.

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Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: little john cameron
Date: 17 Aug 00 - 09:18 PM

Ye wdnae be "big" John Crosbie by ony chance wid ye/
Ah mean "Tequeila Shiela" Crosbie. LJC

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Aug 00 - 11:15 PM

He's a space alien. It's Pleidian planetspeak. Trust me on this.

Do ye ken whit Ah mean? Weel...do ye?

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: little john cameron
Date: 17 Aug 00 - 11:21 PM

Ah see yer back ye daft gowk.See whit happens when ye go away?The place is turnin intae a war zone. ljc

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 12:35 AM

I see that. Strange, isn't it? I don't want the responsiblity of being full time peacemaker here. I have music to play, songs to write, romantic entanglements to pursue (hopefully), and there is also that dead iguanodon in the backyard that has to be disposed of. What's a man to do?

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 12:43 AM

ljc...keep writing the way ya do, there's many of us enjoy it!

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Lox
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 12:57 AM

Yeehaw. (!

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 12:58 AM

I, too, like the way he writes. Challenging to read,which is good for you, eh?

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: hesperis
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 01:30 AM

I like it!!!!!
It is language that has character to it.
Just one question though --- D'ya sing like that too, LJC

LH: Iguanodon? Is that a cross between an Iguana and a (long dead) Mastodon, or is it a (not so long) dead Bat that made enough guano to bury a Mastodon? (Or do I want to know?)

~*sirepseh*~
(Still dressed in purple from the last thread I was in.)

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Willie-O
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 09:33 AM

What the hell is John Crosbie doing on the Mudcat, real or impostor, guest or not? (I mean, yer welcome and all...)

For the couple of you who may not be familiar with Mr Crosbie, he is a now-retired Canadian federal politician from Newfoundland, who was a Conservative member of the Mulroney cabinet. As Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, he presided over the demise of the cod fishery, but he is best known for his habit of making politically incorrect comments, especially aboot Liberal politician Sheila Copps . After he told her "Settle down, baby" in the legislature one day, she offered to kick his ass, so to speak. (Her autobiography is called "Nobody's Baby".) Later on Crosbie made a joke in a speech at a Tory convention, reference to the pop song "Pass me the tequila Sheila, then lie down and love me again."

Their little spat was eventually settled, sort of, on national radio when they sang a Valentines Day duet of one of those mushy songs--probably "Love Me Tender". I'm not making any of this up--I'm sure I couldn't.

By the way, to answer the original question, LJC pretty much is writing in Braid Scots, the lowland Scottish tongue which has the same roots as English but is quite distinct to put it mildly--and thanks for recognizing it as a language not a dialect. Newfoundland is largely Irish, so this is not a customary Newfoundland dialect, bye.

Willie-O

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 10:00 AM

Wow, thanks for the background, Willie-O! Most interesting. Go, Sheila!

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 10:07 AM

I can understand him perfectly, thank you very much, and I've never been to Newfoundland or Scotland.

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: death by whisky
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 10:25 AM

I was in a film once that had Irish,Welsh and English,but nowt wae like LJC

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: little john cameron
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 12:18 PM

Hesperis, the funny thing aboot it is that a sing withoot an accent except of course when the song calls for it'Ah also think in Scots an translate verbally altho the accent is still there.Kind o bi-lingual if ye weel.
Noo tae answer big Johns question.Ah never said ah wis "fae"Newfoundland,ah said ah live there.35yrs noo!!!Whit a braw place,ah love it here.
Ah widnae even attempt tae try an write in the dialect here.Ah'll leave that tae Kevin Blackmore.
Jine in John,ye're a very funny man.btw,IF ye dinnae remember me,mibbe the"Tribute to Newfoundland"sang will ring a bell as it wis me that wrote it. LJC

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 03:55 PM

Iguanodon - it's a dinosaur, a plant-eater, seemingly stood erect at times on hind legs, and also dropped to all fours at times. The hero in the recent Disney movie, "Dinosaur" is an iguanodon.

They were a fairly big dinosaur, but considerably smaller than the tyrannosaurus rex, for example.

They were probably rather agreeable creatures, and appear to have been herd animals.

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 06:02 PM

LJC, just wanted to say: If people keep bugging you about the accent, let me know. I'll start typing with a Minnesotan accent, and make references to hot dish, the Mega Mall, and other things that will surely make them sorry they messed with ya. Muaha...

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Little John Cameron
From: little john cameron
Date: 18 Aug 00 - 06:56 PM

ok Lepus. But ah have tae say it again it's no an accent or a dialect it anither laguage that has at its base a different etymological source.Thanks onyway but Brendy is tearin oot enough hair as it is. LJC