Scots Language

[Pour1Malt]

sae ya'v got yur kilt... an yur bonnet.... an yur brougues...

noo whit aboot thot tongue?

lest thare bae confusion aboot this...

'Scots' is a language... no a dialect o English... no an accent... it is a language...

Wikipedia's definition is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language

( here is a wee bit o it) "The British government now accepts Scots as a regional language and has recognised it as such under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Evidence for its existence as a separate language lies in the extensive body of Scots literature, in independent—if somewhat fluid—orthographic conventions and in its former use as the official language of the original Scottish Parliament. "

the modern Scots Pariliment wab site has Scots alaing wi' Arabic, Punjabi, Français, Català, an mony others... as a language ya can read their wab site in.... http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vl...cots/index.htm

an there arr mony wab sites dedicate tae the Scots Language...

Scots-online... pittin the mther tongue oan the wab...
http://www.scots-online.org/

Scots Language Resource Centre
http://scotsyett.com/

Dictionary of the Scots Language
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/

Scots Language Society
http://www.lallans.co.uk/

an- the greet site- ElectricScotland/Scots Independant has a section tae...
http://www.scotsindependent.org/feat...cots/index.htm

a greet place tae start learnin (jus like a' languages) is in Scuil....

an here is the Scuil Wab..
http://www.scuilwab.org.uk/

sae- get tae scrievens awreddies ya rabble o kilties!

[andyfg]

P1M,

Your posts always make me smile a little. To be honest it reminds me of the "Oor Wullie" and "The Broons" annuals I used to get when I was a kid. Also, when I read them I "hear" them in the voices of a couple of good friends who were from Glasgow. Cheers.

[sorcererdale]

The only word I have not been able to figure out is "Slainte". When you end your posts you some times use it, what does it mean and I am not sure of the translation.

DALE.

[Caradoc]

The only word I have not been able to figure out is "Slainte". When you end your posts you some times use it, what does it mean and I am not sure of the translation.

DALE.

In Gaelic, "Slainte mhath!" is "Good health!"

[cavscout]

Thanks for the links P1M. I guess it's time to put away the Cheorkee Lessons and start soaking up Scots!

[cessna152towser]

IMHO, even within Scots language there are regional variations and I find P1M's posts easy to read because the locals here speak in the same tongue. I was born in Paisley and lived and worked in the West of Scotland, Glasgow, Troon, Oban etc until I was 38 when I moved to Hawick. When I first arrived here there were a few words I didn't understand but I soon picked them up. People here still recognise whenever I speak that I originated over on the west side of the country, yet often when I'm in England people have mistakenly complimented me on being an educated Scot, simply because they are able to comprehend my mix of Scots dialects as compared to if I only spoke the regional dialect of one locality.

[Pour1Malt]

cessna is so richt!

maist o the time- Emma (an her faither) can hear somewan friam Soothwest Scotland

speak ainly a few words an be able tae tell whit village they are fraim....

[Southern Breeze]

P1M, thanks for the links.

[Kilted KT]

Excellent post! Now I can learn Scots and really send my wife off the deep end! All I need now is a pronunciation guide...

[Master Boid]

Malt, you are the man, next you've got to start posting in Gaidhlig...that'll be a challenge. Anywho, tis true that you can tell where most Scots come from due to dialect, I'm a lowland-to-highland-to-England Scot and I still talk like that...great fun.

As for the fact you post wih a Scotch dialect, even better! Slainte mhath to ye!

Remember, up here/there its Gaidhlig not Gaelic (seems like the same thing but there are slight differences).

Yours in kilt

James