i have just been told that scottish is an accent not a language so please help me out!!!
2007-01-23 01:57:07 · 14 answers · asked by pagetsveg 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
They are already a separate country. They also have a separate language not spoken in England.
A person from Scotland = Scots or Scottish
Whiskey from Scotland = Scotch
2007-01-23 02:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by JasSays 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey there, I am scottish, and all though I dont live in Scotland right now, I go back to visit on a semi-regular basis.
Some Scots speak Gaelic, although the language is dieing, some schools are beginning to teach it again.
You can't speak "Scottish" you speak Gaelic. If your from Scotland however, you have a Scottish accent. And theres many different accents around Scotland, depending on where you live it varies greatly.
If you live in Scotland, and you speak english, you will still use a few words, that the Americans don't use, such as Awryt and such..(Awryt means how are you?/ are you all right)
Its not the Scots who want to be a seperate country, its the people who live in North Ireland, the IRA (Irish Republican Army) have been causing problems about that for decades.
Hope this helps you out.
If you have anymore questions, email me at fftc06@Yahoo.com
2007-01-23 02:00:27 · answer #2 · answered by Fiona M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Scots speak English with a Scottish accent and they also use a few words that the English don't use (by the way, there are plenty of accents in the UK). They also speak Gaelic, but only a few people still speak, and the number of people who can still speak it is in decline, in spite of efforts to revive it.
America speaks English and is a country of its own. Same goes for Ireland, Australia, New Zealan or South Africa. So why should Scotland have its own language to be a separate country?
2007-01-23 02:03:11 · answer #3 · answered by Offkey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Life is a Miracle and Human decisions as well. It is not, genially speaking, necessary to have a separate language in order to have a separate state/country examples: English spoken in USA, Canada, UK, SAR, India, AU or NZ, yet peoples who speak THE VERY SAME LANGUAGE may decide to name it differently, examples: SERBIAN (Serb-Croatian) language (after ex-Yugoslavia felt apart) became Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak maybe even montenegrian (not yet but likely).
On the other hand, Scots HAVE their language (Scottish Gaelic), but just as Irishman (Irish Gaelic), DON'T USE it. Why, ????? So If somebody wants to make a separate state NO MATTER HOW LOGICAL IT IS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, does not have necessarily to have one.
2007-01-23 02:54:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thank it mite be where English Language started, Scotland has a accent, its go back to Bible Times, where people were going to build a towel to heaven so God knot the tower down and made different Lang, look it up in the Bible and you well see why.
2007-01-23 02:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scotland does have a native language, Gaelic. But like many other languages is fading from the imposition from more dominant languages, namely English.
2007-01-23 05:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by psicatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scotland is a separate country and part of Great Britain. Their language is Gaelic which is part of the Goidelic Celtic branch.
2007-01-23 02:03:56 · answer #7 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a Scots language. It is a variety of Gaelic.
2007-01-23 02:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Scot has a brain that is different from an English person.
An Irish person has a brain that is different from an English person. They all speak English, but their values and culture are different---i.e. the brain works differently!
2007-01-23 03:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by poutine 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its not an accent, but a dialect. the US is a different country & we speak english, too. so does half of the world. whats the problem?
2007-01-23 02:00:31 · answer #10 · answered by Tim 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋