Dinner - Speaker Bob Docherty speaking about the Scots Tongue

On Thursday 20^th October 2016 President Brian Johnson took the chair as he welcomed 18 Rotarians and Ian Hay a guest of Rotarian Geoff Sampson to this lunch time meeting held at the Gilvenbank Hotel.

On reception, this week was Gerald Cameron who said grace and Peter May.

President Brian advised that he along with Lindsay Roy had attended the area 8 meeting and he advised that a Xmas concert was to be held in the Carnegie Halls with the Royal Marine Band playing.

Geoff Sampson advised on Wednesday evening 19th October, the Gavel team took on The Rotary Club of Burntisland and Kinghorn at the Gilvenbank Hotel and were narrowly beaten 8 ½ to 7 1/2. This Wednesday evening 26th October the club take on The Rotary Club of Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay in the last of the three matches. The Rotary Club of Kirkcaldy have invited us to their annual High Five gavel night at KHS on Thursday15th December taking along an Interact team and a Rotary team from Glenrothes

Fundraising Chair Iain Haywood advised that a Christmas Fayre is being organised for 10th December 2016 is to be held in Markinch Parish Church Hall

Our speaker this week was former Maths Teacher Bob Docherty, previously of Glenwood and Kirkcaldy High School talking about the Scots language which he shared his love and enthusiasm for use of Scots by, well, speaking and comparing the Scots words with those used in Holland. Sweden and Denmark.

At present Scots is primarily a spoken language, with a number of regional varieties, each with a distinctive character of its own, and is heard widely in most parts of the country. Scots use a mixture of Scots and English in their speech, with some using mostly Scots and others mostly English. In this sense the language exists as part of a continuum with Scottish Standard English. You can hear people speaking Scots and using Scots words in most parts of Scotland.

People have a strong emotional attachment to the language and often feel most comfortable using it amongst their friends and family.
After centuries of neglect and indeed opposition, Scots is now much more widely appreciated as an important part of Scottish culture. In recent years, there has been an explosion of writing in Scots, and new technology has provided opportunities for Scots speakers to express themselves in their own language.

Lindsay Roy gave the Rotary vote of thanks for Bob's engaging talk.

This coming week 27th October 2016 will be an evening meeting at the Gilvenbank Hotel meet at  6.15pm for 6.30pm. The price is £10 per head and will include a buffet halfway through the talk. 

Please advise Brian Johnson on 01592 743251 if you wish to come so that we can give some notice to the hotel for catering.

Our speaker this week will be Archie Lawrie on the disappearance of Renee Macrae and her son 40 years ago

RENEE MACRAE .... An illustrated Lecture

Her Disappearance and Murder on 12th November 1976

(Britain’s longest Missing Person case.)

On reception, this week 27th October 2016 will be Anne Sampson and Peter May.

Friends of Rotary is being promoted for those who would like to be involved in assisting in the community and internationally but have limited time and possibly can only commit on a part time basis. If you are interested in giving of some of your time as an extra resource to Rotary and possibly raising funds for charitable causes, please contact our President Brian Johnson on 01592 743251 or leave a message at Gilvenbank Hotel.