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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Subject: Language varieties<br><br></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Lowlanders</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>,<br><br>English speakers, at least North American ones, <b>are</b> catching on to the fact that Scots is <b>not </b>English:<br>
<br></span></font><div style="margin-left:40px">It was reported in the press this past week (<i>Daily Record</i>, 19 November)
that American footballer Alejandro Bedoya, is finding the Scots language
a real challenge. The midfielder, who plays for Glasgow Rangers,
commented on Twitter that he is having problems understanding Scottish
speakers, and in particular Rangers coach Ian Durrant. Bedoya has found
that many people in Scotland speak something different from English,
which he was not prepared for. The same comments were also made by
Glasgow Celtic player Georgios Samaras who said that he knew what
English was, but what he was hearing was something different. No doubt
it takes foreign and non-Scottish players a while to tune into the
accents, but clearly the language, for which they are unprepared, is
also presenting difficulty. Such difficulties could, of course, be
remedied by Scottish football clubs adopting a simple taster course for
foreign players, preparing them for the language.<br></div><br><a href="http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/3111">http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/3111</a><br><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><br>Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA<br><br></span></font></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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