Scots to a T
Therefore, Scots could have “I was like astonished” and English “I was just astonished”.
Iain WD Forde
Main Street
Scotlandwell, Kinross-shire
I have been watching the Gray v McLean confrontation with interest and, by and large, I must support Mr Gray.
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Hide AdI hae a whein grup oan the Scottis lede an the Gaidhlig forbye, and what is spoken today is not Scots, it is gutter English with a Scots accent.
What has happened to the Scottish T?
What to a Scots speaker is watter has degenerated into wawur. It gars me greit.
I would take issue with Mr Gray in his use of the word “dialect” when referring to Scots; as a loyal North British provincial it is probable that Scots is to Mr Gray a dialect.
Provinces have dialects, nations have languages. Swedish is not Danish, for instance.
R Mill Irving
Station Road
Gifford, East Lothian