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Mcllvanney captures the speech of his Glaswegians with similarly high fidelity. At first glance, the dialect seems designed to try the reader's patience: "If there's no somethin' wrang wi' her the noo, there'll be somethin' wrang wi' her when Ah get ma haunds oan 'er." Gradually, though, the "hoot, mon" appearance of words on the page disappears, replaced by the odd, lilting music of street, sitting room...
...wrang na my virginitie...
...Jimmy Byrnes had been Secretary of State just two months. There were some who still felt a little anxious about the U.S. being represented-and among all those experienced foreigners-by such a comparative neophyte. (Actually, only Molotov has had more experience; the Messrs. Bevin, Bidault and Wrang Shi-chieh are almost equally new to their tasks.) Although he had guided foreign policy bills through the Senate for F.D.R., Jimmy Byrnes's political life had largely been spent on domestic affairs. He had gone to Europe a dozen or so times, mostly for pleasure. He had been...
...What's wrang wi' ye, Jock ?" asked the groomsman. " Yer face is like chalk. Hae yet lost ony thing? Hae ye lost the ring...
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