LL-L 'Language varieties' 2010.12.24. (04) [EN]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Dear Lowlanders,

English speakers, at least North American ones, *are* catching on to the
fact that Scots is *not *English:

It was reported in the press this past week (*Daily Record*, 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.

http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/3111

Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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