Thursday, June 27, 2019
Best Foot Forward
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Catriona, chapter 12:
gomeral = simpleton, fool
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"A man should aye put his best foot forrit with the womankind; he should aye give them a bit of a story to divert them, the poor lambs! It's what ye should learn to attend to, David; ye should get the principles, it's like a trade. Now, if this had been a young lassie, or onyways bonnie, she would never have heard tell of my stomach, Davie. But aince they're too old to be seeking joes, they a' set up to be apotecaries. Why? What do I ken? They'll be just the way God made them, I suppose. But I think a man would be a gomeral that didnae give his attention to the same."joes = sweethearts
gomeral = simpleton, fool
