‘When languages evolve, it’s essential that scholars and dictionaries and vocabularies keep up. Here are some 20+ new words that we all should start using’
Duncan is apparently a dark-skinned warrior and I am graceful. Whoever manages this site has obviously never peeked under Duncan’s kilt or let me loose on a bowl of soup.
when we buried my partner a few weeks ago, I addressed the mourners gathered at her graveside
at the pub afterwards, several folk commented on how scottish I had sounded
this didn’t surprise me – since I moved to England 35 years ago, I have dropped uniquely scottish words from my vocabulary and adopted english instead of scottish pronunciation of common words so folk can understand what I’m saying, but when I’m angry, stressed, or emotional I unconsciously slip back into using scottish words and pronunciation, so I found this ted talk on the scottish language interesting – his early school experience exactly mirrored my own
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