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This is Crazy
by Stuart Bean at 15:20 26/11/04 (Blogs::Stuart)
Apparently this is how people speak in Scotland

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/scots/index.htm


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This is Crazy Stuart Bean - 15:20 26/11/04
Fantastic! Simon - 15:34 26/11/04
Good job there's no North West Regional Assembly...

Eh, right! Sownd! Dis is da Livverpewl branch of duh Nort Wet Reeginal Sembly...

Are the scottish assembly really trying to say that there are people who have a different written dialect of english that is formal enough to translate into?

I'm quite prepared to believe it, but where does that end - do they do a txt vzn 2?
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Re: Fantastic! Gordon Hundley - 15:31 29/11/04
There is considerable variation as to how traditional Scots is written, but it is a distinct language, not a dialect, and is recognised as such. It is spoken by ~30% of the population of Scotland. Standard Scots English is an English dialect, and is the native language of most of the rest of Scotland. Most Scots speak a mix of both languages. Scots Gaelic is still a living language, but its native use has declined, and today is only used in isolated communities (islands mostly).

Scots Online
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