It has come to our attention that a few copies of the Scottish version of Windows 98 may have accidentally been shipped outside Scotland. If you have one of the Scottish editions you may need some help understanding the commands. The Scottish edition may be recognised by the opening screen. It reads: WINDAES 98, Ye Ken, with a picture of William Wallace superimposed on a St. Andrew's Cross, shipped with a Mel Gibson screen saver. If you have a copy of WINDAES 98, you will need to know the following:
Recycle Bin is called "The Bucket." My Computer is called "Yon Computer Thingie."
Dialup Networking is called "Phone the Bhoys."
Control Panel is known as the "Dashboard."
Settings are called "sittins."
Programs are described as "stuff whit daes stuff."
Documents are termed "stuff whit I hive done afore."
Hard Drive is referred to as "the Tractor."
Floppies are referred to as "yon wee plastic dusc things."
In addition, you will find some commands in WINDAES 98 have been slightly altered:
OK = "'ats fine"
Cancel = "na na ma loon"
Reset = "Och ye'd be as weel startin agin"
Yes = "Och aye"
No = "nae chunce mon"
Find = "if ye'd bothered to pit it past in a safe place, ye widnae need to be lookin' for it noo, noo wid ye?"
Go to = "go'n ower 'ere"
Back = "back the wye"
Help = "geese a haun'"
Stop = "packit in"
Start = "com on 'en"
Some features exclusive tae WINDAES 98:
Pincil an paper.....A word processor
Colourin book.......A Graphics program
Addin machine.......Calculator
Andrex..............Notepad
Jukebox.............CD player
Photies.............A graphics viewer
Massey..............Tractor dealers listed by Post Code (Scotland only)
Car.................See previous entry
Tax Records.........usually an empty file
Other features: WINDAES 98 does not recognise capital letters or punctuation marks.
We regret any inconvenience caused if you received a copy of the Scottish edition. Please return it to Microsoft for a replacement version.
