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▲ amiga386 4 days ago

Fa says aat? Fowks dinnae spik "Grumpian" up in Aiberdeen, they spik'i Doric.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_dialect_%28Scotland%29

▲bradley13 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I rented a room for a few months, from an elderly couple in the countryside outside Aberdeen. It took a solid week before I could do more than nod politely at whatever the heck they were on about.

▲gregorvand 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The article mentions not covering Doric or Scots since they are considered virtually second languages

▲dfawcus 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Not 'virtually', Scots is a different language to English, and Doric is a dialect of Scots.

English and Scots are sibling languages, c.f. some of the geographically close Scandinavian languages.

If you want a quick guide to languages in Britain, the site has an additional article which the original links to:

https://starkeycomics.com/2019/03/01/every-native-british-an...

▲gregorvand 4 days ago | parent [-]

Thanks. I am Scottish originally and understand a lot of Scots. I guess I said 'virtually' since Gaelic is probably the only 'official' other language in Scotland but I agree Scots and Doric should be recognised as such.

▲devrandoom 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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