Elegy for a Scottish Athlete

A poem about a Scottish Hill Runner:

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Originally Posted by James Kennedy

At running races, short or lang,
I wat ye couldna come him wrang:
When to the hill wi’ furious thrang
They swat an fyked,
The first half-mile he let them gang
As fast’s they liked-

But fleeting hameward on the track,
When little headway they could mak’,
He led the whazzlin’ stragglers back
In proud career,
Fu’ fleetly springing and as swack
As ony deer.

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Elegy on the Death of James Flemming
by James Kennedy, 1848-1922

Published in "Running in Literature"
by Roger Robinson, ISBN 1891369415

WT...

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They sawt an fyked,

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Originally Posted by brett

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just aboot to say that, understood it all apart from this bit:confused:

Well, you're a better man than I , Emmilou.

Brett, has the spell checker on here gone seriously awry?

Ciao.

I think you get the gist if you say it quickly...

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They swat and fyked

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Roger Robinson interprets this as the perfect description for what goes on in the shoving, jostling, sweaty effort of the pack of runners, i.e they pushed and shoved each other.

A good Scottish dialect dictionary may give a better defination than the Urban Dictionary that suggests that the word fyked may refer to a person who has been "extremely shagged by someone".

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Originally Posted by XRunner

Roger Robinson interprets this as the perfect description for what goes on in the shoving, jostling, sweaty effort of the pack of runners, i.e they pushed and shoved each other.

A good Scottish dialect dictionary may give a better defination than the Urban Dictionary that suggests that the word fyked may refer to a person who has been "extremely shagged by someone".

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:eek:

Extreme shagging, new sport:eek: :eek: :eek:

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Originally Posted by Toffer

Extreme shagging, new sport:eek: :eek: :eek:

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You conjure images of this picture for Wheeze to enjoy again.

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Originally Posted by XRunner

You conjure images of this picture for Wheeze to enjoy again.

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