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There's an affectation in addition to the "Scottish Cringe" you're quite clearly spraying all over this discussion thread..."Proud Scot....but..."

• raesene9 8y ago
  Not at all, I'm attempting to reflect the reality of life in Scotland as in my lived experience, as opposed to academic notions of language and identity. There's no "but" at the end of my being a proud Scot. There is a debate about the validity of Scots as a unified language that's used in day to day life, and some romantic notions that we speak in some other language when "foreigners" aren't around. The reality of Scotland is that in my opinion we're a diverse set of regions, not some unified mass that speaks a distinct language, that's not a lack of pride speaking that's a pride in exactly that diversity (also I don't want to be put in the same bucket as edinbuggers :) Assuming from your profile that you're scottish, would You say that Edinburgh people spoke the same dialect as people from Glasgow. Would you say that we speak a different language to people in Carlisle or Newcastle?
  • teh_klev 8y ago
    Mate, I apologise for my comment. I don't have the time right now to have a proper blether about this, just had food and a bottle of wine and I'm a bit knackered. Will maybe catch up with this tomorrow?
    • raesene2 8y ago
      Fair play, it is getting late :)