LL-L "Language policies" 2002.08.08 (03) [E]

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From: Lobbe.MacTanner at t-online.de (Florian Lohbrunner)
Subject: LL-L "Language policies" 2002.08.08 (02) [E]

>"Slang" form of modern English
>and that the true language of the
>Scottish
>nation is Gaelic. As far as I
>am aware both of these arguments are
>incorrect
>... Scotland was originally
>made up of four tribes being
>Scots, Angels,
>Britons and Picts but only the
>Scots spoke Gaelic and the
>Angles brought
>what became the Scots language
>which developed separately from
>Anglo-Saxon
>English and not as a result of
>Anglo-Saxon English.  Would you agree
>with
>this ?

It's true that the Scots from Ireland
were the original Gaelic speaking
people.
But after the formation of the kingdom
of Alba (Scots + Picts + Britons, all
three were celtic peoples) the Pictish
culture mostly disappeared and was
replaced by Gaelic.
Gaelic was up to the 12th century the
(predominant) language of the whole
Scottish Kingdom.
Even in Dumfries and Fife it survived
till the late 17th, early 18th century.
The last Gaelic speaking king was James
IV (1488-1513).

Regards,

Florian

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