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Entry: Uisge Beatha (the pub), Glasgow, Scotland - A508510
Author: Jamie (Edinburgh, May 11th. Interested? See A689754 for details) - U166140

A place of many happy memories - at least, what memories I have are happy...

Funky. A small point but the line about the painting of the pub hanging up doesn't read well. I know I wrote it, but that just confirms it stinks

It would be helpful, I think to give a pronounciation for Uisge Beatha.

How easy would it be to find Woodlands Road?

A couple of typos - Woodlands road should have a capital 'r'.
'arivees' should be 'arrivees', but would probably better be phrased 'new arrivals'.

Ok, typos fixed, pronounciation given. Woodlands Rd is a main road, which essentially runs from Charing cross (J 17 or 16 of the M8) to Glasgow University main campus. Fairly easy to find. I'll add the postcode as well - bung it into Multimap or similar and it gives a fairly accurate location.

Munchkin - I dunno, I quite liked it, which is why I put it in there. I can't think up a better one at the moment - too early in the morning

Fine if you like it. It just sounds too like something I'd say for my liking, which I always assume is a bad thing

Tweaked the 2nd para. slightly.

Hi, Jamie!

I like this entry - the style is more informal than most of the other entries in Peer Review, but I think that really suits the topic, so !

A few small points:

I think you should use 'discreet' rather than 'discrete' in the first paragraph.

'from a humble (but extremely vicious-looking) fox to a humble bison.' Repeating the word 'humble' spoils the contrast, I think.

In the quoted section 'the disappearance of Gillespies (yet they keep the mirror to taunt us)' doesn't make any sense to me - I think you should either leave it out or give some context.

Finally, shouldn't 'slàinte' have the accent the other way round? It does in Irish, anyway!

Sláinte!
Azara

Aside from the things Azara has pointed out above, I can't find fault with this Entry. It sounds like a great place to go for a !

The quoted section being me on a semi drunken ramble, was supposed to indicate that they no longer sell Gillespies Stout (don't think it exists anymore ) yet they still have the promotional mirror on the wall. At least did when I wrote that a couple of years back. Not suprised it is a bit confusing, but that is the nature of my semi drunken rambles I'm sure Jamie can re-write it to make it more senible.

Azara,

discrete - well spotted!

The wall hangings - bits tweaked.

Gillespies - I've put in a footnote, although I can't find a link on Scottish & Newcastle's site, according to them it does not exist. Very strange... The subheader has also been changed slightly.

Slainte. Right, according to a few Scottish gaelic sites I've looked up, they all seem to agree it is slàinte. However, I have also seen it as sláinte in a few places. Just to confuse things further, the OED (ah, the benefits of a university connection) gives it as slainté! I'm guessing that there is a difference between the Irish and Scottish here, so I'll leave it as it is for the moment.

I am by no means an expert on this, so I am open to correction...

Jamie

***** Links and spellings *****

http://www.sst.ph.ic.ac.uk/angus/Faclair/S.html

slàinte nf. health, salvation : deoch-slàinte, a toast

http://www.impressions.uk.com/castles/gaelicphrases.shtml

"Great health to you!" ("Cheers!") - - "Slàinte mhòr agad!" (SLAHN-tchuh VORR AH-kut!)

http://www.the-mod.co.uk/english/frames.htm

slàinte nf. health, salvation : deoch-slàinte, a toast

http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00226942

slainté. A Gaelic toast: good health!

You could always just say 'cheers'!

What, and give up the chance to use one of the four gaelic words I know

I thought this entry deserved a place in the edited guide, so I recommended it for inclusion, and the editors accepted. So this entry is now on its way to becoming part of the edited guide. Well Done!

Woohoo!

for Jamie!

Azara