Kirk, church, chapel?

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Chas and Caol,
There is a slight problem with the Scots Wikipedia and many similar ventures. In order for Scots to be recognised as a free-standing language by the European Bureau of Lesser-Used Languages it must have a standardised spelling which the activists have been hard at work developing - as used in Wiki. But, of course, the vast majority of the activists are from the Central Belt because (a) that's where most Scots live (b) they are more aware of the decline of Scots than we are in the Northeast where Doric is still in reasonably good fettle - likewise things are good in Shetland. The resultant standardisation seems unappealing to anyone ouside the Glasgow-Edinburgh axis. For example, the Lowland Scots prununciation of "schuil" (= school) is "skill" but in the Northeast we say "skweel" - how can these be harmonised? Of course, this happens everywhere - people in the North of Enland can say "loov" if they want to but the standard spelling is "love". Now there certainly isn't going to be a war over this but it may give a flavour of where we're at.
Alan