In English please?

[ardchoille]

Looks like this thread was a waste of time.. sorry about that.

[gilmore]

Perhaps the info on these sites will help:

http://www.scots-online.org/

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

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

[ardchoille]

Perhaps the info on these sites will help:

http://www.scots-online.org/

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

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

No, I feel it would help if someone were to post an English translation. I don't have the time or patience to learn a 7th language.

[ccga3359]

I don't speak/read Scots, I only discovered it here. I an follow along for the most part. I find if I read it phonetically in a Scottis accent I can pretty much get the gist of the post. Seeing posts in Scots is pretty much part of the magic here at XMarks. It's certainly part of the culture of many on this forum. I doubt you'll see any translations, only responses in English. If at any time I find I can't quite follow the thread, I'm ok with that. I don't need to read every thread

[ardchoille]

Hmm.. I guess I'll just skip those threads.

[Peter C.]

It is not scots it is simply English with a Scottish accent written phonetically.

Peter

[Phil]

No, I feel it would help if someone were to post an English translation. I don't have the time or patience to learn a 7th language.

As someone who occasionally lapses into Scots I agree wholeheartedly with you. I mean what is the point of saying something if nobody understands. I do think a few of the words under you belt woul be worthwhile though so don't give up learning altogether.

[ChromeScholar]

I'm not sure why it's such a big a deal. The posts I've seen are pretty easy to figure out, add character to the forum, and are never so important that you can't skip over them if you don't want to take the time to figure them out.

[cessna152towser]

Well as a Scot I'm usually able to translate and understand posts on this forum written in American English.

Since Pour1Malt is himself a Merican and has mastered the local tongue since he married a bonnie Scots lass and cam tae live in Scotland, I woulnae hae thocht Mericans hud ony problem wi readin Scots, but noo ah ken tae be mair careful tae mak masel understood.

[McMurdo]

This does come up from time to time, however I think that as we owe most everything that we know of kilt wearing to Scotland, we should also respect those members of this forum who speak Scots to use it here as they see fit whether it be phonetic or not.
Really it does not take long to get used to it, and I think this place would suffer if those who use Scots were to stop.

Below is a snippet from the Scots Language Centre I did use the translate to English button, as you can see below Scots is a recognized language.

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At present Scots is primarily a spoken language, with a number of regional varieties, each with a distinctive character of its own, and is heard widely in most parts of the country. Scots use a mixture of Scots and English in their speech, with some using mostly Scots and others mostly English. In this sense the language exists as part of a continuum with Scottish Standard English. You can hear people speaking Scots and using Scots words in most parts of Scotland. People have a strong emotional attachment to the language and often feel most comfortable using it amongst their friends and family.

After centuries of neglect and indeed opposition, Scots is now much more widely appreciated as an important part of Scottish culture. It has been recognised as a language under the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages and there is an increasing awareness of its cultural and social value. In recent years there has been an explosion of writing in Scots, some of it in the writer's own distinctive dialect, and new technology has provided opportunities for Scots speakers to express themselves in their own language.