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Yes, there isn't (in my view) such a thing as a singular 'Scots'. The 'Scots language' is effectively a 20th century invention by early century poets like Hugh
by Marazan 8y ago
Yes, there isn't (in my view) such a thing as a singular 'Scots'.
The 'Scots language' is effectively a 20th century invention by early century poets like Hugh MacDiarmid.
They created a pan-Scottish 'Literary Scots' combining language and grammar from across the country. It's beautiful literary work but it is an artifice, not a reflection of a language actually spoken.
The language of the Scottish Borders is a very different thing from the language of the Highlands from the language of a Dundonian.
- raesene9 8y ago+1 From my experience you're absolutely correct. This idea that Glasgwegians speak the same "language" as Dundonians or Aberdonians or (heaven help us) Edinbuggers, is just weird. We don't. There's lots of local accents and phrases and words, but not some "scots language" that we start speaking when foreigners aren't around :)
- GordonS 8y agoAberdonian here. Yep, doric is very different from dialects elsewhere. I married a girl from Edinburgh, and after more than 10 years we're still discovering new words from each others areas!