John Cowan replied:

> Kenneth Whistler wrote:
> 
> > To that I would add Glaswegian. When watching the
> > Scots-produced mystery shows that show up on PBS in the United
> > States on occasion, my wife and I often turn to each other
> > in bafflement and say, "Subtitles, please."
> 
> Scots is a separate language!  If you understand anything at all
> it's by a happy accident.  (There is of course Scots-flavored
> English as well, which is another matter.)

I was, of course, referring to Scots (alleged) English, and not
to Scots Gaelic.

--Ken

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