LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.12.27 (07) [E]

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From: rossmay <rossmay at bellsouth.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.12.27 (01) [E]

Chris Ferguson wrote in his correction of my critique of earlier statements
about the use of double negatives in the Scots dialect,    that "Scots is
not a dialect".  The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "Scots" as "
A distinguishing epithet of a dilalect of English spoken in the Scottish
Lowlands.
     Perhaps from a political standpoint, Scots is a separate language, but
a philologist would find it  a form of English, in syntax, vocabulary,
structure, and derivation as another variation of the Anglo-Saxon-Norman
French language, colorful, poetical, and warm as it is.  I love to hear it
spoken, read it (if I could), and read it in Burn's poetry.  I would not
doubt that it is sprinkled graciously with many lovable expressions, that
would only be understood by a speaker or scholar of the dialect.
    Take no offense at my reply, Chris, please.

                Harlan Ross May
                 Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

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