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Legal name: McLaren, Moray David Shaw
Birthdate: 1901-03-24
Date of death: 1971-07-12
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Place of death: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Places of residence: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Education: Merchiston Castle School
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupations: diplomat
broadcaster
journalist
writer
Organizations: BBC
UK Foreign Office

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Understanding the Scots by Moray McLaren

I was hoping this one would be a lot funnier than it turned out to be. Rather a disappointment, I'm afraid. Does get into some useful discussion of the differences between Scots and English people, as well as between low- and highlanders ... but I was hoping for much more in the way of humor.

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JBD1 | Feb 2, 2018 |

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