On 29 September 2011 22:29, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > Edinburgh probably isn't very representative of the lot. Bring on the > Glaswegians and Aberdeen Dorics! My classmate from Aberdeen claims clearly > that he's *bilingual* in Doric [Scots] and English, as do most natives of > Aberdeen. I think there are lots of native Scots speakers who realise Scots > is different enough from English that it has become a different language, > and it's our job to promote their awareness of a Scots Wikipedia.
Except the history suggests the reverse Scots was a separate language that has largely merged into English. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
