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The broad Doric Scots I spoke as a child is, like a lot of regional linguistic variations in the UK, notoriously impenetrable to outsiders but I've never heard
by arethuza 5y ago
The broad Doric Scots I spoke as a child is, like a lot of regional linguistic variations in the UK, notoriously impenetrable to outsiders but I've never heard it described as anything other than a dialect.
e.g. I might have enquired of a visitor when I was a wee loonie "Far div ye bide?" - "Where do you stay?"