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That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
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 Originally Posted by george7
That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
You would be surprised just how much it is still spoken in the some of the rural areas, e.g. Ayrshire. Like other dialects/languages it has suffered from modern communication and transport, but much still remains. I moved from Glasgow to Ayr when I was fourteen, only thirty miles or so, and had to expand my vocabulary and grammar very quickly to keep up. The town itself wasn't too bad, but I went to school with many kids from the smaller country towns and villages who spoke very different English from me.
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 Originally Posted by george7
That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
I used to be a consultant for a software company, and one of our clients had a plant in Ayrshire. It was a great gig, going to Scotland and Northern Ireland on someone else's dime.
Anyway, the team in Scotland had a very attractive young lady who led it, and another young guy from the plant.
Honest to God, I couldn't understand about 1/2 of what he said. I pulled the young lass aside one day and said, "I don't mean to sound rude, but I really have trouble understanding him. Can you help me whenever I give you that blank expression?"
She answered, "To tell you the truth, I can't understand a lot of it myself."
He was a great guy, but he spoke another language from me.
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 Originally Posted by george7
That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
"A recent Scottish Executive survey estimates that there are 1.6 million active Scots speakers in Scotland today" quote from this site http://www.scotland.org/about/histor...ure/scots.html
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16th August 09, 04:17 AM
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 Originally Posted by george7
That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
me! me!
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16th August 09, 05:28 AM
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 Originally Posted by george7
That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
Not nearly enough
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