Grand Larceny

I am a total thief.

I am not completely Scottish.
Hamish, a character in Ondine: The Summer of Shambles, is Scottish. He needed to be gorgeous, clever and witty. So really, he had to come from Scotland.

I could not afford to travel to Scotland to listen to how real Scots speak in their day to day life. So what did I do? I listened to my friends who were either from that region of the world, or who had parents from those places. I listened to DVD commentaries and podcasts featuring Scots. I may have cyberstalked David Tannant. I also stole a fair bit of the language from a great many wonderful websites. And those websites were so crack-tacularly fantastic. I laughed so damn hard I hurt. And then I laughed again through the hurt.

Here they are:
First Foot
Scottish Slang Productions
Urban Dictionary
Peevish
Wiktionary
Literal Barrage

Coming soon - nifty websites to help you invent your own country!