| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 31, 2001, 19:21 |
Am 31.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:> Isn't Scots kinda the inverse of the Hindi-Urdu situation -- > basilectal varieties have very low intelligibility with Standard > English varieties, but acrolectal varieties are little different > from RP?I wouldn't be surprised if this is due to Education. Not to mention long contact between the educated of Scotland and the English language. Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.