LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.05.02 (02) [E]

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From: "Allison Turner-Hansen" <hallison at gte.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.04.29 (03) [E/S]

> From:  GaidhealdeAlba at aol.com
> Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.04.28 (13) [E/S]
>
> Tay,
>
> Apologizes for being unclear. I understand Scots quite well I think, but
> my problem lies in the fact that I don't know how
> to say historically that Scots is a separate language. I know that they
> are different, but how did these differences
> develope? When were they the same language?
>
> Thanks for the response,
> Uilleam Sti bhart
>
> ----------
>
> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Language varieties
>
> Uilleam,
>
> Ye (an awbodie ense) shoud truelins read wir ain Andy Eagle's braw innin
> tae Scots unner the teetle "Wir Ain Leid"
> (http://www.scots-online.org/grammar/), ance eerant the sections "What
> is Scots?" an "Language or Dialect?"
>
> You (and everyone else) really ought to read our own Andy Eagle's
> splendid introduction to Scots entitled "Wir Ain Leid"
> (http://www.scots-online.org/grammar/), especially for the sections
> "What is Scots?" and "Language or Dialect?" alone.
>
> Guidwull tae ye an aw!
> Mar sin leibh an drsda!
> Reinhard/Ron
>
> P.S.: Sairie aboot ma Scots.  A uise it tae enterteen wir Scots-speakin
> pals on the Leet.

Yes, Ron, Everyone.
      I read that section the other day and it cleared up lots of things
for
me.  Thanks for the references!  I shared them with my dad, who is a big
"Scotophile".
Allison Turner-Hansen

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