tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post7007015104928298184..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Contrarian timesPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-7747349184920133022009-01-29T16:15:00.000+00:002009-01-29T16:15:00.000+00:00On the principle that a language is a dialect with...On the principle that a language is a dialect with an army, the variety of English spoken Oop North should really have been called Transtweed Scots, or Subsark Scots, or something like that, at least until 1707.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-40160659064188203662009-01-29T11:52:00.000+00:002009-01-29T11:52:00.000+00:00It seems that they're confused, which is understan...It seems that they're confused, which is understandable. Scots and Scots English are two, entirely different things. While the line between language and lect is nearly always fuzzy, it's hard to make a case that Scots is a dialect of English. Teaching it in schools is, of course, an independent issue.<BR/><BR/>Thus spoke your linguist reader.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.com