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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 24 March 2010 - Volume 01</b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Andy Eagle</span></span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:andy@scots-online.org">andy@scots-online.org</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.03.21 (02)
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John wrote:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Yes.' Precious and Puggies'
translated by James Robertson, whose view that</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
Scots is a language that writers turn to when they wish to use its</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
'less-than-respectable status ... a refuge for linguistic individualism,</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
anarchism, nomadism and hedonism' I was requested, by the Shetland
dialect</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
promoters, not to criticise!</span></span></p>
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As you previously mentioned, William McIlvanney has spoken of Scots as being
like English in its underwear.<br>
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In all fairness, those thoughts were expressed in the introduction to a
collection of short stories primarily aimed at adults. I hope for decency's,
and the children's sake, that the English used is, at the least, strutting its
stuff in a bathrobe.<br>
<br>
Nevertheless, Itchy Coo seem to be very successful at what they are doing and
have likely done more to get young people interested in Scots than anybody else
recently. No mean feat considering the objections that are often raised when the
words Scots, school and classroom occur in the same sentence.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">The idea of Scots being
promoted by people who hold these views, and</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
criticism of them being regarded as unacceptable, might seem like a scenario</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
from a black comedy if it wasn't true.</span></span></p>
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Isn't comedy one of the niches that Scots is often confined to?<br>
<br>
Perhaps Scots is like a supposedly wild animal that people are scared to let
out of the cage they have built for it. Humour and derision are often used
strategies employed when confronted with something that causes fear or anxiety.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Andy <br style="">
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