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From: sarima@netcom.com (Stanley Friesen)
Subject: Re: Scots and English (was: Re: Flemish and Dutch)
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Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 00:08:43 GMT
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In article <D7rG9t.67n@rheged.dircon.co.uk>,
Simon Brooke <simon@rheged.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3nqtn1$b7v@bertha.gssec.bt.co.uk>,
>>    (iv) Scots and English are different languages.
>>
>>I personally would consider (iv) to be nearest to the truth, although I
>>accept that a reasonable case can be made for (iii).
>
>Gin ye war tae haud at, ye'd hae tae hae Dutch an Flemish in t forbye,
>acause ilka yin is as lik an as unalik ilk ither. German, an aa. Whaur
>wad ye fin an end tae t?
>
If I have understood this correctly, I think I tend to agree.

I certainly have hd to get all of the Scots folksongs I have
recordings of translated before I could understand them.
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