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I expect they’re code switching to match your expected communication preferences based on the normal class/environmental signals.
by falsedan 8y ago
I expect they’re code switching to match your expected communication preferences based on the normal class/environmental signals.
- raesene9 8y agoI do hope you're joking/trolling at this point. No they're not. I've worked in factories in Cumbernauld, I've worked in universities in St Andrews, I've worked in banks in Edinburgh, I've worked in accountancy offices in Glasgow, I've worked in hospitals in Dumfries. I've visited pretty much every part of the country, and no-one has ever "code switched to match my expected communications preference" This idea that Scottish people are some generic blob who speak "Scots" just isn't true to the real diversity of the country. Aberdonians, Glaswegians, Edinbuggers, residents of the Kingdom of Fife, Teuchters and all the rest have different accents and different dialects but they don't speak different languages.
- Tycho 8y agoThe workplaces you listed aren't a very diverse set though.
- chrisweekly 8y ago> "Edinbuggers" typo?
- raesene9 8y agoAbsolutely not :) Edinbuggers is a term for people from Edinburgh, usually used by Weegies (people from Glasgow), e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weegies-Edinbuggers-Edinburgh-Slightly-Superior/dp/1902927923 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weegies-Edinbuggers-Edinburgh-Sligh...
- dboreham 8y agoSo _that's_ where the train goes.
- dboreham 8y agoFifers.
- m-i-l 8y ago> "Aberdonians, Glaswegians, Edinburghers, residents of the Kingdom of Fife, Teuchters and all the rest have different accents and different dialects but they don't speak different languages." Spend some time in places like the Shetlands Islands or the Orkney Islands and the dialect vs language distinction is much more debateable, given the number of distinct words borrowed from the Norn language.
- raesene9 8y agoAye I've spent many holidays in Shetland and what's spoken there has more chance of being a distinct language that most areas of Scotland, but they have a different heritage again, with a large norwegian influence.