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by the way, has anyone here except me (and, hopefully, agrabin) tasted haggis?

agrabin - the best your country has given to the world is R.L.Stevenson, one of the bears' favorite authors ever

Ask why God made the gem so small,
And why so huge the granite?
Because God meant mankind should set
The higher value on it

bears have only been to Edinburgh, and they loved it a lot

Lermontov's Scottich origin is a semi-accepted fact here; he has a wonderful poem called "Desire" about this, I will translate it for you if you want (not right now)

Зачем я не птица, не ворон...

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thank you! I love Burns, and when my students get advanced enough, I make them decipher a poem or other, it's a good exercise. I didn't know Lermontov translated this one, though.

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look who is here!!!

agrabin, it's awesome - every time you post (regretfully seldom!) I so wish you would post more!...

OK, I'll bite, what the heck is the "IRN BRU"?[/QUOTE]

http://www.cameronsbritishfoods.com/xcart/image.php?productid=7

we even have it here:
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