Quote Originally Posted by skauwt View Post
i think your spot on with saying that scots is more related to Scandinavian languages and Dutch than English when hearing Scandinavian or dutch speakers i find it rather easy to pick out words and sayings that are spoken here in the central belt its just with having to listen to English and read English it has watered Scots down ,

i don't know why those other two central belt folk mention the lowlands that area are miles from the central belt so lallans Scots isn't really spoken in this part of Scotland

Scots is dieing out mainly due to advances in modern technology id reckon with all the internet and tv it`ll be just a regional dialect of the UK if we are not careful
and no one talks like the broons cos its a cartoon created in 1936 made to be overly Scots for media readers
i`ll admit folk may not use half those words but i for one still speak scots some may say otherwise but they can say what they want.... anyone who denies that i speak scots well they are just numpties to be honest
I would say I speak english with a scottish accent. Just as scousers speak english with a liverpool accent. Some words might be a little differant however nearly all of it is derived from english.

I travel to the highlands regularly and I would not say they speak anything other than english or gaelic.