I once began a Scottish equivalent for a friend who had sent me "Dearest creature in creation". One can have fun with Scottish placenames (Milngavie in Glasgow is surely the best - pronounced Mull Guy) as well as people's names, though the fun of course lies in hinting to the reader what the pronunciation is:
And there, resplendent in her sari Sits vixenish, vivacious Mhairi
being a bit I recall.
Of course, if you mix them up and get into Gaelic placenames you end up with wonders such as Loch Builg (Boolig) or Sgurr Dearg (Jerrag).
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I once began a Scottish equivalent for a friend who had sent me "Dearest creature in creation". One can have fun with Scottish placenames (Milngavie in Glasgow is surely the best - pronounced Mull Guy) as well as people's names, though the fun of course lies in hinting to the reader what the pronunciation is:
And there, resplendent in her sari
Sits vixenish, vivacious Mhairi
being a bit I recall.
Of course, if you mix them up and get into Gaelic placenames you end up with wonders such as Loch Builg (Boolig) or Sgurr Dearg (Jerrag).
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