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    It's Scots English, an officially recognized variant of English.

    Pour1Malt is our resident expert on it & he started this fine thread on the topic -

    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...scots+language

    I also found this to be a useful & interesting website for Scots -

    http://www.scotslanguage.com/Home/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Retro Red View Post
    It's Scots English, an officially recognized variant of English.

    Pour1Malt is our resident expert on it & he started this fine thread on the topic -

    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...scots+language

    I also found this to be a useful & interesting website for Scots -

    http://www.scotslanguage.com/Home/

    Enjoy!
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    Awesome! Thank you for the info

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    Try this at wiki.

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    Scots links

    You might also take a look at

    http://www.scots-online.org/ (it has a Scots-English/English-Scots dictionary)

    http://www.stooryduster.co.uk/

    http://www.mithertongue.co.uk/petition.php

    http://www.firstfoot.com/php/glossar...x.php?letter=a (Scots slang, some of it off color, amusing at times)

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