Broad Scots / Lallans

[starbkjrus]

I wasn't able to understand this so I couldn't keep up

Why not write in English AND whatever it is you wrote so everyone can enjoy it?

This is getting just a bit tiresome. (No offense but....) Do just what the rest of us have done and spend a little bit of time to learn Broad Scots / Lallans. I doesn't take much effort (especiallly if you're like me and grew up in the Deep South, United States). It's not that different. The gaelic and other non-English words in the language can be worked out via context or translated via any number of websites that have been posted on XMarks. Trust me, a bit of work and practice will do you in good stead when you visit Scotland. Americans do not enjoy the best reputation around the world just now; not in the least of which is our reputation for showing up in a restaurant in the middle of Paris demanding a waiter that speaks English. Picture a Spaniard on holiday in Portugal. It's a different language but each can understand the other if they work at it. We all need to work at it a little harder.

Personally I'd like this to be the last time I hear this complaint.