Does anyone speak/understand Scots? It's the literary language of our most famous poet, but it seems as if it's a language spoken only by the working classes. I do not speak it on a daily basis, as it is no use at university, but my speech is peppered with Scots words, e.g. maukit, dreich, cannae etc. Does anyone else speak a language like this?
I speak Irish Gaelic through concerted effort to actually learn it. My dad's from Ireland but I'm English born.
Hmmm cool, though I'm not sure if you can compare Irish Gaelic & Scots to a great degree: is Irish Gaelic the language of the working classes? Our Scottish Gaelic is spoken by a tiny minority in the Western Isles, only about 60 - 70,000.
It's the language of agriculture mainly. Spoken as a first language by 9000 people. School programmes have be ineffective at increasing its use in the home. I wrote my dissertation on Welsh vs. Irish Gaelic I'll try and find the link.