My new schoolmates threatened to kick the shit out of…

My new schoolmates threatened to kick the shit out of me when they heard my Scottish accent. I had one week to learn to speak like them if I wanted to remain intact. Course, I didn’t take any notice. No-one railroads me, and it made me all the more determined to speak my own way. That’s how I got my name, you know. The Bonny Scot, see?

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As quoted in the Bonfire box-set.

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