
Originally Posted by
george7
That's fun... but how many people actually speak Scots?
I used to be a consultant for a software company, and one of our clients had a plant in Ayrshire. It was a great gig, going to Scotland and Northern Ireland on someone else's dime.
Anyway, the team in Scotland had a very attractive young lady who led it, and another young guy from the plant.
Honest to God, I couldn't understand about 1/2 of what he said. I pulled the young lass aside one day and said, "I don't mean to sound rude, but I really have trouble understanding him. Can you help me whenever I give you that blank expression?"
She answered, "To tell you the truth, I can't understand a lot of it myself."
He was a great guy, but he spoke another language from me.
Jim Killman
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