Broad Scots / Lallans

[ardchoille]

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.

You're getting tired of someone wanting an extra post so they can understand what's being said? I have little time to learn another language that I might use twice per month (I'm studying for my Ph.D.). I'm beginning to think that no one wants to post a translation because no one, other than Pour1malt, fully understands it either.. they're just going along with it so as to "not rock the boat"- only dead fish go with the flow. I'll just ignore posts that I can't read and hope it's nothing important. Please accept my apologies if I upset anyone.