Scots Language

[cessna152towser]

IMHO, even within Scots language there are regional variations and I find P1M's posts easy to read because the locals here speak in the same tongue. I was born in Paisley and lived and worked in the West of Scotland, Glasgow, Troon, Oban etc until I was 38 when I moved to Hawick. When I first arrived here there were a few words I didn't understand but I soon picked them up. People here still recognise whenever I speak that I originated over on the west side of the country, yet often when I'm in England people have mistakenly complimented me on being an educated Scot, simply because they are able to comprehend my mix of Scots dialects as compared to if I only spoke the regional dialect of one locality.

[Pour1Malt]

cessna is so richt!

maist o the time- Emma (an her faither) can hear somewan friam Soothwest Scotland

speak ainly a few words an be able tae tell whit village they are fraim....

[Southern Breeze]

P1M, thanks for the links.

[Kilted KT]

Excellent post! Now I can learn Scots and really send my wife off the deep end! All I need now is a pronunciation guide...

[Master Boid]

Malt, you are the man, next you've got to start posting in Gaidhlig...that'll be a challenge. Anywho, tis true that you can tell where most Scots come from due to dialect, I'm a lowland-to-highland-to-England Scot and I still talk like that...great fun.

As for the fact you post wih a Scotch dialect, even better! Slainte mhath to ye!

Remember, up here/there its Gaidhlig not Gaelic (seems like the same thing but there are slight differences).

Yours in kilt

James

[longshadows]

I'm confused. I thought is was a simple "north/south" thing: the "North" (Highlands) spoke Gaelic (a Celtic language, like Welsh and Irish) and the "South" (lowlands) spoke Scots (a Germanic langauge, like English and Dutch). Seems like "Scots," because it's not too far off from English gets lumped in with English and the Gaelic has become the "2nd langauge."

Now, is it simply of a matter of geography where one can find Gaelic and Scots and where does Gaidhlig come it?

[GlassMan]

Thanks for the links! I've always foudn P1M's posts readable, but I'd love to actually learn Scots. Now to just find a nice instructional set for Gaidhlig

[Archangel]

I'm confused. I thought is was a simple "north/south" thing: the "North" (Highlands) spoke Gaelic (a Celtic language, like Welsh and Irish) and the "South" (lowlands) spoke Scots (a Germanic langauge, like English and Dutch). Seems like "Scots," because it's not too far off from English gets lumped in with English and the Gaelic has become the "2nd langauge."

Now, is it simply of a matter of geography where one can find Gaelic and Scots and where does Gaidhlig come it?

The thing is to picture Scotland diagonally. Look at the map and join the rifts on each coast. There's sort of three diagonal sections. As a rough rule, the first level, takes in the border countries, has a milder accent and more English. The second diagonal has stronger accents and more Gaelic, this is what Oor Wullie and others (oor p1m) are trying to describe when they write funny/quaint/cute/authentic/whatever. The top diagonal is very thick accent and little English. The islands are even less English, darn close to Pagan (ha).

It's a rough guide, don't make too much of it, the thing is not to be thinking of North and South. For each of these diagonals, there were few crossings so each area developed its own culture. The divisions are basically gone in the past century.

[Pour1Malt]

Malt, you are the man, next you've got to start posting in Gaidhlig...that'll be a challenge. Anywho, tis true that you can tell where most Scots come from due to dialect, I'm a lowland-to-highland-to-England Scot and I still talk like that...great fun.

As for the fact you post wih a Scotch dialect, even better! Slainte mhath to ye!

Remember, up here/there its Gaidhlig not Gaelic (seems like the same thing but there are slight differences).

Yours in kilt

James

aye- but ai dinnae ken Gaidhlig arr Gaelic....

soo much tae learn..... :rolleyes:

[Moosehead]

Now, is it simply of a matter of geography where one can find Gaelic and Scots and where does Gaidhlig come it?

Gailge = Irish gaelic
Gaidhlig = Scottish gaelic