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From: Joe Makowiec <>
Subject: [TMG-L:] Re: TMG-L:Beginner's problems and Thankyou to all.
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 06:15:31 -0400
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At 08:00 PM 5-3-2000 -0600, JD Howard wrote:
>OK, I give up.
>What does, "Lang may your lum reek", translate to in US English?

It's broad Scots - means roughly may you have good fortune. Lang=long;
lum=hearth or chimney; reek=smoke. So, may you always have (the means to
obtain) fire in your fireplace.



Joe
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