The Meaning of Auld Lang Syne

Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalYou know exactly when you'll hear it, and you probably won't hear it again for a year. The big clock will hit 11:59:50, the countdown will begin"”10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4"”and the sounds will rise: the party horns, fireworks and shouts of "Happy New Year!"And then they'll play that song: "Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and days of auld lang syne?"It is a poem in Scots dialect, set to a Scots folk tune, and an unscientific survey says that a lot of us...

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