tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263791050579747528.post5194484801772733826..comments2024-03-11T01:17:25.842+00:00Comments on The CrazyRev Page: Adultery, hypocrisy, and repentance.CrazyRevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082994843209899674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263791050579747528.post-23699786419534927082010-01-14T14:03:21.655+00:002010-01-14T14:03:21.655+00:00A poster on a Scotsman newspaper forum provided th...A poster on a Scotsman newspaper forum provided the following: I checked my old Scots English dictionary and this is what it came up with:<br />Bonspeil: Old Scots: bonspel, bonspule, -speil, spale, a match or contest of any kind. The earliest quotation in the sense of a game of any kind is 1560.<br />The first element is gen. thought to be for bond = verbond, an alliance, a covenant, hence CrazyRevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082994843209899674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263791050579747528.post-70964977962831610192010-01-13T16:33:32.944+00:002010-01-13T16:33:32.944+00:00Unfortunately I don't know... but following a ...Unfortunately I don't know... but following a quick internet search, the phrase "bonspiel" appears to have come from Scots language, and apparently translates as "match" or "league. <br /><br />Seek and ye shall find!<br /><br />Gordon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263791050579747528.post-25862472915150816162010-01-13T11:50:06.525+00:002010-01-13T11:50:06.525+00:00Thank you, Gordon. It's always good to know t...Thank you, Gordon. It's always good to know that there are those who are of such intellectual calibre that they read both my blog and the Letters page of The Herald!! However, I was too busy at Shotts and Allanton to manage to get to the Lake of Menteith for the 'bonspiel'. Now, can one as erudite as your good self offer an explanation as to why two foreign languages appear to haveCrazyRevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082994843209899674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263791050579747528.post-30997918302325249902010-01-13T10:18:44.465+00:002010-01-13T10:18:44.465+00:00Dear Brian,
Many thanks for your musings, they ar...Dear Brian,<br /><br />Many thanks for your musings, they are always most interesting and informative. Please keep up the good work, and may God continue to bless you in your ministry - from the pulpit and PC.<br /><br />Yours in Christ,<br /><br />Gordon.<br /><br />p.s. Given that you've not posted since Saturday, I assume you've been out curling on the Lake of Menteith?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com