Kenneth Whistler wrote:
> To that I would add Glaswegian. When watching the
> Scots-produced mystery shows that show up on PBS in the United
> States on occasion, my wife and I often turn to each other
> in bafflement and say, "Subtitles, please."
Scots is a separate language! If you understand anything at all
it's by a happy accident. (There is of course Scots-flavored
English as well, which is another matter.)
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