SCOTTISH ENGLISH. ! Scots is a Germanic language that’s related to modern English.

SCOTTISH ENGLISH

· Scottish English is the set of dialects of the English language spoken in Scotland.

· The standardized variety is called Scottish Standard English (SSE)

· Scots is generally, but not always, spoken by the working classes, while Scottish Standard English is typical of educated middle-class speakers

! Scots is a Germanic language that’s related to modern English.

· Speakers of SE either switch discretely between points on the continuum (style/dialect switching), which is more common in rural varieties, or drift up and down the continuum, which is more characteristic of the urban dialects of cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow.

· Throughout Scotland, Scots is increasingly becoming limited to certain domains, for example, amongst family and friends, while more formal occasions tend to invoke Scottish Standard English

· Scotland, in terms of culture and language, differentiates itself from England.
The accent is one of the key features of Scottish English. In fact, the accent is what most learners find difficult about it.

! E. g. Typically, Scots use “laddie” (lad + ie) to mean “young boy” and “lassie” (lass + ie) to mean “young girl”. You’ll also notice that instead of saying “small”, Scots will use the word “wee”.

· In terms of pronunciation, unlike other variants of British English, the terms “cot” and “caught” are pronounced the same in Scotland.
In linguistics, this is known as the cot-caught merger and is more common in American English than in varieties of British English.

· Unlike in England where the letter " r" isn't often pronounced after a vowel, speakers of Scottish English will pronounce the letter " r" wherever it's found in a word, even after a vowel (alveolar)

· The term “how” is another one of Scottish English’s peculiarities.
The term is often used as a replacement for “why” in Scotland, Ireland, and northern England. Even the queen of England would be a bit lost with some of these changes.

! Howno? = Whynot?

! Aye = Yes

! Bairn = Child

! Tattie = Potato

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