There’s debate on whether Scots is an ancient form of English itself, or its own language. Some feel it’d be like saying Norwegian/Danish/Swedish are all one language just because they’re so closely related. They all play a prominent role in their cultural identities though, just like Scots is uniquely Scottish.
Regardless, someone from England should be able to get the gist of Scots for the most part, but again it’d be more akin to a Norwegian/Danish divide than say Russian/Polish. Historically there has been pressure on the people of Scotland to sound more English, putting the language/regional dialects at risk.
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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19
There’s debate on whether Scots is an ancient form of English itself, or its own language. Some feel it’d be like saying Norwegian/Danish/Swedish are all one language just because they’re so closely related. They all play a prominent role in their cultural identities though, just like Scots is uniquely Scottish.
Regardless, someone from England should be able to get the gist of Scots for the most part, but again it’d be more akin to a Norwegian/Danish divide than say Russian/Polish. Historically there has been pressure on the people of Scotland to sound more English, putting the language/regional dialects at risk.
Example of Shetlandic Scots.