I have had many different conversations with people now after being here for about 11 days. One thing that every conversation I had, had in common was simple. They were all animated. People were so excited to talk to me, about the U.S. about the Dalkeith House, about their lives in General. During the Open House we had a Dalkeith House, we allowed people fro the town of Dalkeith to come in and see the house. We gave them tours.
I took on the job of the escort showing them to each room, for them to learn about. I was a bit paranoid about saying something incorrectly, so I monitored my self a lot in the beginning. As the day progressed though, I was more comfortable and not as wary.
Some old ladies tried to kidnapp me for tea but I was able to fight them off by saying I was still giving tours!! They were actually quite nice, and just wanted a bit more of a chat.
I found that most Scots are indirect in their communication. When I was talking to most of the Scots it seemed that, they preferred to not interrupt and if they were interrupted they wouldn't interrupt you back. I did it once, but caught on quick.
For example, I was talking to an old man who working in the Dalkeith House back when it was empty and they were using it for computer system thing. Aka before Wisc in Scotland. He told me about the writting in the attic from the polish soldiers who were housed their during the world war II. I listened in depth to his story which I realize now probably was what he expected, he then asked me for a story about the house, and I told one of the many old ghost stories. He listned intently which made me feel good about myself, but I doubt he appreciated my story very much. I'm not a good story teller!
Well that's it for today!
Pip Pip Cheerio!
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