a scots tongue website

**Burly Brute** · 28th February 11, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

Well as I understand the term, 'Scots' is the Lowland and Border Scots form of English, in other words a dialect of English, whereas the Highlands' traditional language is the Gaelic.

And, as they say in the Q&A that it is descended more from the Germanic. At least, that's from what I can gather.

**chrisupyonder** · 28th February 11, 07:40 PM

This may interest you.

http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/dialects/nis.html

http://www.caithness.org/community/a...ll/wordies.htm

There are a lot of Viking links up here which you see in the place names. Thuso means Thors River and we also do this... Viking Procession and Ship Burning - Thurso Da Doonie Day 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJbdRE2KRt4

**skauwt** · 1st March 11, 01:30 AM

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**Lallans** · 1st March 11, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

And, as they say in the Q&A that it is descended more from the Germanic. At least, that's from what I can gather.

That would be in accord with the fact that Scottish Lowlanders are in general descendants of the Angles, who settled the area during the barbarian invasions, I mean after the 'civilized' Romans left Britain. And who were probably pushed there by the Normans.

English itself is of course a Germanic tongue, with a huge overlay of others including Norman French. This is much to the dismay of the modern French, because English words blend so easily back into French that it amounts to an irresistable force. Which serves them right for 1066!