LL-L "Language varieties" 2009.04.04 (03) [E]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Projects" 2009.04.04 (01) [E]

Having heard spoken Scots (which I can generally follow) and Ullans (which I
could only follow by cheating with the subtitles), I reckon their claim for
separate language status has some justification.



Granted, the perceptions of an English speaker aren't definitive, but I know
of English people who are quite fluent in Swedish and find spoken Danish
almost impenetrable, and vice-versa; this seems to me to be a similar case.




Paul

Derby

England

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