Albert Kirk Jr
@albertkirkjr.bsky.social
Scriever, Gomerel.
Scriever an Furthsetter o pish watter: a scots zine. A micht dicht ma posts noo an agane.
#ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #Scots #ScotsPoetry #ScotsScrievin #Gaidhlig #Independence #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #Music #Zines #ScottishZines
Scriever an Furthsetter o pish watter: a scots zine. A micht dicht ma posts noo an agane.
#ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #Scots #ScotsPoetry #ScotsScrievin #Gaidhlig #Independence #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #Music #Zines #ScottishZines
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Albert Kirk Jr
@albertkirkjr.bsky.social
· Jan 14
A'm gaun back intae editin ma nuvel that A feenisht scrievin in 2020. A wrut it in Sudron an syne in 2022 A owerset it intae Scots. Av puntit it aboot tae nae joy, but A'm siccar thare somethin aboot it.
It is 140,000 wirds, sae aiblins cuttin that doon is on the cairds 😀
It is 140,000 wirds, sae aiblins cuttin that doon is on the cairds 😀
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
Sae here the affcome o ma #FitbaSpaeman patter fae yestreen an the day:
WRANG
WRANG (Awfy wrang)
WRANG
WRANG (No faur aff but)
WRANG (Yon bubble's gaunnae burst yin o thir days)
WRANG (Richt sentiment but)
See youse neist week for the international brek. Or as A cry it: the international hertbrek.
WRANG
WRANG (Awfy wrang)
WRANG
WRANG (No faur aff but)
WRANG (Yon bubble's gaunnae burst yin o thir days)
WRANG (Richt sentiment but)
See youse neist week for the international brek. Or as A cry it: the international hertbrek.
Here the #FitbaSpaeman patter for this weeken:
Bairns 2 - 1 Livi
Buddies 1 - 1 Hibees
Sheep 1 - 2 Well
Dee 0 - 1 Teds
Jambos 2 - 1 Arabs
Bhoys 5 (+/- 2) - 0 Killie
Aye. A reck the Ayrshire fermers ur gaunnae get a scutchin.
Bairns 2 - 1 Livi
Buddies 1 - 1 Hibees
Sheep 1 - 2 Well
Dee 0 - 1 Teds
Jambos 2 - 1 Arabs
Bhoys 5 (+/- 2) - 0 Killie
Aye. A reck the Ayrshire fermers ur gaunnae get a scutchin.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Sae here the affcome o ma #FitbaSpaeman patter fae yestreen an the day:
WRANG
WRANG (Awfy wrang)
WRANG
WRANG (No faur aff but)
WRANG (Yon bubble's gaunnae burst yin o thir days)
WRANG (Richt sentiment but)
See youse neist week for the international brek. Or as A cry it: the international hertbrek.
WRANG
WRANG (Awfy wrang)
WRANG
WRANG (No faur aff but)
WRANG (Yon bubble's gaunnae burst yin o thir days)
WRANG (Richt sentiment but)
See youse neist week for the international brek. Or as A cry it: the international hertbrek.
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Only 5,900 followers to go. Help me build my audience, Scots leid fans!
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November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Only 5,900 followers to go. Help me build my audience, Scots leid fans!
www.tiktok.com/@emmagraeaut...
www.tiktok.com/@emmagraeaut...
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Here the #FitbaSpaeman patter for this weeken:
Bairns 2 - 1 Livi
Buddies 1 - 1 Hibees
Sheep 1 - 2 Well
Dee 0 - 1 Teds
Jambos 2 - 1 Arabs
Bhoys 5 (+/- 2) - 0 Killie
Aye. A reck the Ayrshire fermers ur gaunnae get a scutchin.
Bairns 2 - 1 Livi
Buddies 1 - 1 Hibees
Sheep 1 - 2 Well
Dee 0 - 1 Teds
Jambos 2 - 1 Arabs
Bhoys 5 (+/- 2) - 0 Killie
Aye. A reck the Ayrshire fermers ur gaunnae get a scutchin.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Here the #FitbaSpaeman patter for this weeken:
Bairns 2 - 1 Livi
Buddies 1 - 1 Hibees
Sheep 1 - 2 Well
Dee 0 - 1 Teds
Jambos 2 - 1 Arabs
Bhoys 5 (+/- 2) - 0 Killie
Aye. A reck the Ayrshire fermers ur gaunnae get a scutchin.
Bairns 2 - 1 Livi
Buddies 1 - 1 Hibees
Sheep 1 - 2 Well
Dee 0 - 1 Teds
Jambos 2 - 1 Arabs
Bhoys 5 (+/- 2) - 0 Killie
Aye. A reck the Ayrshire fermers ur gaunnae get a scutchin.
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
Make a song Scottish
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Make a song Scottish
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
Scots is rooted in our land, people, culture & history. Along with words like gemütlichkeit in German, or saudade in Portuguese, words like scunner, shuilpit, sonsie and nyaff are impossible to translate accurately, and any attempt to do so will be peelie wallie compared to the original.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Scots is rooted in our land, people, culture & history. Along with words like gemütlichkeit in German, or saudade in Portuguese, words like scunner, shuilpit, sonsie and nyaff are impossible to translate accurately, and any attempt to do so will be peelie wallie compared to the original.
Noo that aw the gemms ur by, hou did A dae?
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang but no faur aff
Wrang
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang, an ainlie hauf richt thanks tae ET
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang but no faur aff
Wrang
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang, an ainlie hauf richt thanks tae ET
Here the fitba spaeman patter the day, richt at the coo's tail:
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Noo that aw the gemms ur by, hou did A dae?
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang but no faur aff
Wrang
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang, an ainlie hauf richt thanks tae ET
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang but no faur aff
Wrang
Wrang (awfy wrang)
Wrang, an ainlie hauf richt thanks tae ET
Falkirk Killie micht be a bit aff.
Here the fitba spaeman patter the day, richt at the coo's tail:
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Falkirk Killie micht be a bit aff.
Here the fitba spaeman patter the day, richt at the coo's tail:
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here the fitba spaeman patter the day, richt at the coo's tail:
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
Bairns 0 - 1 Killie
Jambos 3 - 0 Dee
Livi 0 - 2 Hibees
An for the tassie:
Well 2 - 1 Buddies
Bhoys 2 - 1 Teds
A'll get back tae youse the morra tae see hou wrang A wis 😀
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
It wis anither braw #Scotstober, the year. As a body 'at is nae native spikker, Ah've lairnt muckle an haed a grand time creatin. Thankye awbody, specially @drmdempster.bsky.social fer hostin.
Here's 'e hale threid o ma Scots crack Fallin Brochs.
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#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
Here's 'e hale threid o ma Scots crack Fallin Brochs.
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#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It wis anither braw #Scotstober, the year. As a body 'at is nae native spikker, Ah've lairnt muckle an haed a grand time creatin. Thankye awbody, specially @drmdempster.bsky.social fer hostin.
Here's 'e hale threid o ma Scots crack Fallin Brochs.
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#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
Here's 'e hale threid o ma Scots crack Fallin Brochs.
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#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
Last day of #Scotstober. Sending a last plea to anyone who hasn’t done something to have a wee go.
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last day of #Scotstober. Sending a last plea to anyone who hasn’t done something to have a wee go.
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
#Halloween #Scotstober word of the day: Thrawn (adj.) - twisted, malformed, misshapen. Also stubborn, obstinate, contrarian. Chosen in tribute to my favourite Scots horror story, Thrawn Janet. The ending is genuinely creepy lots of very weird imagery! Full text: web.archive.org/web/20110311...
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#Halloween #Scotstober word of the day: Thrawn (adj.) - twisted, malformed, misshapen. Also stubborn, obstinate, contrarian. Chosen in tribute to my favourite Scots horror story, Thrawn Janet. The ending is genuinely creepy lots of very weird imagery! Full text: web.archive.org/web/20110311...
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
It's day therty-wan o #Scotstober 2025!
A braw Halla e'en tae yees aw an weil duin tae aw thit's taen pairt!
The day's wirds are:
Tumshie
Neep
Baigie
A braw Halla e'en tae yees aw an weil duin tae aw thit's taen pairt!
The day's wirds are:
Tumshie
Neep
Baigie
🚨Annooncement!🚨
Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!
A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.
A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁
Wirds as text ablow
Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!
A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.
A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁
Wirds as text ablow
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It's day therty-wan o #Scotstober 2025!
A braw Halla e'en tae yees aw an weil duin tae aw thit's taen pairt!
The day's wirds are:
Tumshie
Neep
Baigie
A braw Halla e'en tae yees aw an weil duin tae aw thit's taen pairt!
The day's wirds are:
Tumshie
Neep
Baigie
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
As I missed a couple of days, here's #Halloween #Scotstober word of the day number 2: Guiser (n.) - a person in fancy dress, costume, or disguise; usually for a special occasion, festival, or performance. Here I am circa 1977, dressed as the Womble, Orinoco.
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
As I missed a couple of days, here's #Halloween #Scotstober word of the day number 2: Guiser (n.) - a person in fancy dress, costume, or disguise; usually for a special occasion, festival, or performance. Here I am circa 1977, dressed as the Womble, Orinoco.
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
Ha’e a guid Hallae’en! @drmdempster.bsky.social – muckle thanks fur aw the braw wirds!
The Creeper pairties,
The bairns at the schuil birl roon,
Lauchter hauds the air.
#Scotstober #Day31 #Neep #Tumshie #Baigie
The Creeper pairties,
The bairns at the schuil birl roon,
Lauchter hauds the air.
#Scotstober #Day31 #Neep #Tumshie #Baigie
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Ha’e a guid Hallae’en! @drmdempster.bsky.social – muckle thanks fur aw the braw wirds!
The Creeper pairties,
The bairns at the schuil birl roon,
Lauchter hauds the air.
#Scotstober #Day31 #Neep #Tumshie #Baigie
The Creeper pairties,
The bairns at the schuil birl roon,
Lauchter hauds the air.
#Scotstober #Day31 #Neep #Tumshie #Baigie
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
#Scotstober 2025
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#Scotstober 2025
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
@drmdempster.bsky.social Mony thanks fir yer haurd wirk ilka year in keepin the Scots leid tae the fore. As ay, #Scotstober haes been rare fun
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@drmdempster.bsky.social Mony thanks fir yer haurd wirk ilka year in keepin the Scots leid tae the fore. As ay, #Scotstober haes been rare fun
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
This wis 'e saison o #Samhain. Tae handsel 'e new beginnins, ilka body pit up their bagies, neeps, tumshies, pumpkins, or ony licht thay haed.
A Lichtsome Samhain!
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-31st - #neep, #tumshie, #baigie
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
A Lichtsome Samhain!
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-31st - #neep, #tumshie, #baigie
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This wis 'e saison o #Samhain. Tae handsel 'e new beginnins, ilka body pit up their bagies, neeps, tumshies, pumpkins, or ony licht thay haed.
A Lichtsome Samhain!
---
(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-31st - #neep, #tumshie, #baigie
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
A Lichtsome Samhain!
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-31st - #neep, #tumshie, #baigie
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
#WritingCommunity
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
#Halloween #Scotstober word of the day number 3: Dook - to dip, plunge or duck. As in dook fur aipples / "bob for apples".
October 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#Halloween #Scotstober word of the day number 3: Dook - to dip, plunge or duck. As in dook fur aipples / "bob for apples".
Here ma hintmaist #Scotstober patter, an it's a wee bittie eldritch, A dinnae mind tellin youse: earlier the nicht A fund masel in the Glesga Uni archive, whaur - God's trouth - A seen a GHAIST. It wis fouterin aboot wi the Edwin Morgan Papers an whan it seen me A cud hear it sayin...
October 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Here ma hintmaist #Scotstober patter, an it's a wee bittie eldritch, A dinnae mind tellin youse: earlier the nicht A fund masel in the Glesga Uni archive, whaur - God's trouth - A seen a GHAIST. It wis fouterin aboot wi the Edwin Morgan Papers an whan it seen me A cud hear it sayin...
Reposted by Albert Kirk Jr
#Scotstober
#Haiku
#Neep/Tumshie/Baigie
A pumpkin’s nae eese
Ye need a neep, howkit oot,
Tae mak a lantren.
A pumpkin’s no use
You need a swede/yellow turnip, dug out,
To make a lantern
#Haiku
#Neep/Tumshie/Baigie
A pumpkin’s nae eese
Ye need a neep, howkit oot,
Tae mak a lantren.
A pumpkin’s no use
You need a swede/yellow turnip, dug out,
To make a lantern
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#Scotstober
#Haiku
#Neep/Tumshie/Baigie
A pumpkin’s nae eese
Ye need a neep, howkit oot,
Tae mak a lantren.
A pumpkin’s no use
You need a swede/yellow turnip, dug out,
To make a lantern
#Haiku
#Neep/Tumshie/Baigie
A pumpkin’s nae eese
Ye need a neep, howkit oot,
Tae mak a lantren.
A pumpkin’s no use
You need a swede/yellow turnip, dug out,
To make a lantern
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#Scotstober: Neep, Tumshie, Baigie
Thare nae neeps at aw in Moby-Dick sae yer gettin hut wi a mention o “ghaist” insteid, seein as hou it's Halleen...
Thare nae neeps at aw in Moby-Dick sae yer gettin hut wi a mention o “ghaist” insteid, seein as hou it's Halleen...
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#Scotstober: Neep, Tumshie, Baigie
Thare nae neeps at aw in Moby-Dick sae yer gettin hut wi a mention o “ghaist” insteid, seein as hou it's Halleen...
Thare nae neeps at aw in Moby-Dick sae yer gettin hut wi a mention o “ghaist” insteid, seein as hou it's Halleen...