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  1. Tailsy

    Question about cultures

    The word 'kirk' is a poor example???? I've used the word 'kirk'! My mother uses the word 'kirk' to refer to the church building. It is a word used in SSE. That's complete shite. I'm willing to concede that people believe Scots was a proper language, but it is no longer spoken. I don't even...
  2. Tailsy

    Question about cultures

    ... I live in the Lowlands. Any part of Scotland that isn't in the Highlands is part of the Lowlands? I don't speak that way. Even old people really don't speak that way. Who are these exceptional people who speak hard Scots? If it's a language, it's dead. It exists almost solely in the form of...
  3. Tailsy

    Question about cultures

    Devo max is a good idea, isn't it? It's a shame we weren't allowed to put that option on the independence referendum because the UK government thought it would be 'too complicated'. More like 'you're more likely to vote for that and we don't want you to, nyeh'. It was very annoying! I don't...
  4. Tailsy

    Question about cultures

    I suppose that's true that mainstream language classes don't really teach language effectively, but I don't think most mainstream education classes teach anything particularly well, either! But I'll concede you on that point; you can't really strong-arm a nation into speaking a language most of...
  5. Tailsy

    Question about cultures

    Gaelic isn't a 'dead' language! I can't speak for Irish Gaelic (but I'm certainly under the impression that it's more widely-spoken than Scottish Gaelic), but there are ~60, 000 native speakers of Scottish Gaelic living in Scotland. It's small, but it's not dead by any means! The problem is...
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