Quote Originally Posted by slohairt View Post
Guid oan ye, Pour1Malt, for stairtin this threid! A howp tae see it become a sinder forum!

As for neef keenin Lallans, A ween that he maks it eith by awa eff the fremmit anes!
Here's a translation:
Good on you, Pour1Malt, for starting this thread! I hope to see it become a separate forum!

As for not understanding Lowland Scots, I think that he makes it easy by leaving out the unfamiliar ones!

I posted that merely to prove a point. I suspect many here had some difficulty reading that. (Or perhaps you didn't!) Pour1Malt actually eschews a lot of native Lallans words so as to accommodate English-speaking readers. Starbkjr's analogy of Spanish and Portuguese is correct. The two languages ARE mutually intelligible. With a little work (which P1M has already done) Lowland Scots is made comprehensible to an English-speaker.