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  1. “As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”

    —Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”

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    thebottleimp.org.uk/2022/06/wh

    #Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #song #folksong

  2. “As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”

    —Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”

    4/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2022/06/wh

    #Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #song #folksong

  3. “As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”

    —Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”

    4/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2022/06/wh

    #Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #song #folksong

  4. “As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”

    —Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”

    4/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2022/06/wh

    #Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #song #folksong

  5. “As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”

    —Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”

    4/4

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2022/06/wh

    #Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #song #folksong