LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.24 (07) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 24 May 2006 * Volume 07
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From: "Sandy Fleming" <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.24 (061 [E]

>From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <godsquad at cox.net>
>Subject: LL-L "Ethnosymbology" 2006.05.20 (01) [E]
>
>Surely not? In what way could people in the Scottish Highlands be
>classed as archaic?
>
>Sandy And Karl, how do the Scottish Highlanders speak? I've heard on here
>that they have many Gaelic words in their dialect, but where could I find a
>good comparison between Lallands and Highlands?
>
>
Scottish Highlanders and Lowlanders all speak Scottish English, though
with differences of accent and dialect. This should be distinguished
from Gaelic, as spoken by many Highlanders, and Scots, as spoken by many
Lowlanders.

> From: clarkedavid8 at aol.com
> Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.24 (061 [E]
>
> In fact, the Scottish highlanders speak good, clear standard English with
> a slight
> burr, unlike Scottish lowlanders who are frequently incomprehensible, even
> when
> trying to pronounce placenames such as Stirling ("Stellig" or something
> similar).

We don't speak like that at all, neither in Scots nor in English. We say
/'stIrlIn/ in Scots and /'stIrlIN/ in English.

Moreover, we don't "try" to pronounce placenames, our English is as
accomplished as anyone elses. You may have difficulty understanding the
accent, but we don't!

Of course Lowlanders speak two different but similar languages, which
leads to a lot of confusion and misunderstandings in the minds of
listeners who don't really understand which they're hearing or what to
listen for.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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