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# gang aft agley
i'm scottish and i don't understand that

But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!


wot a load of wank
(, Tue 16 Mar 2004, 3:36, archived)
#
(, Tue 16 Mar 2004, 3:36, archived)
# exactly
night!
(, Tue 16 Mar 2004, 3:39, archived)
# g'night.
i should leave and go do work.

eh, i'll give it a few more minutes.

edit: oh, i sort of see what you were banging on about there with your indecipherable scottish.
(, Tue 16 Mar 2004, 3:40, archived)
# gang aft agley
go often astray
(, Tue 16 Mar 2004, 3:48, archived)
# Perfectly authentic dialect
for Ayrshire in 1785, probably.
(, Tue 16 Mar 2004, 3:53, archived)