LL-L "Language perception" 2004.01.11 (02) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language perception" 2004.01.10 (06) [E]

> Sandy wrote:
> "I don't think I've ever had my Scottish accent criticised."

Of course not. Who in the world could ever sink so low as to criticize a
Scottish accent? Bring it on any time... ;-)

Gabriele Kahn

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Language perception"

> From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: LL-L "Language perception" 2004.01.10 (04) [E]
>
> Sandy wrote:
> "I don't think I've ever had my Scottish accent criticised."
>
> Well, aren't you lucky? You must have lived, been schooled and employed in
> painstakingly tolerant milieux. Please tell me where, that I
> might relocate
> there: it sounds like utter sociolinguistic utopia.

So pack your bags immediately and move to:

East Lothian, Scotland;

or:

Torfaen, Wales;

or:

Somerset, England.

:)

Seriously, though, you said:

>> If you grow up outside of the tiny BBC
>> English-accented minority, you are humiliated each and every day by some
>> chauvinist demanding you "speak properly".

I question this. Who speaks BBC-accented English? If this
minority is tiny, how do they find the time and travel
opportunities to humiliate the everyone in the remaining
vast majority every day? Or are people who don't "speak
properly" just humiliating each other every day?

I've lived in England and Wales for years and I would consider
it most unusual for an English or Welsh person to criticise a
Scottish accent - rather, it's much admired in those countries.
What does happen is that English or Welsh people sometimes
genuinely can't understand what I'm saying, even though I'm
speaking English. The word "work" when said with a Scottish
English accent produces much head-scratching in particular!

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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