On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:53:00 -0000, The Highlander <micheil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:48:54 GMT, "Sober Scotsman"
> <Sober@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> So, whit we hae here is a wee bit Welsh, a wee bit Breton and a wee bit
>> Cornish. And fae there ye wrote yer ain language, but ye didnae ca' it
>> Walkerish, ye ca'ed it ***bric.
>
> Well, you've just made his point for him! Almost every language grows
> in the same way.
Na -- languages graw when loads o folks chynge the way they're speakin' --
democratically and accidentally. This is ane guy writin ane language that
probably makes oer much sense tae be a "real" language.
> I'd stick with practical physics if I were you - like how to get the
> beer cap off with your teeth once you've lost the opener...
Ma bottle opene... whit? Whaur is it? Did ye tax it? Wis it ye? Gie's it
back.
No that I use it much... just in case ah hae guests, ye ken.
>> Why dae ah no trust ye?
>>
>> "Bannock Burn: Scot. Mid Lothian,"
>>
>> Jeezy peeps -- Bannockburn's by Stirlin. If ye cannae get that richt,
>> with
>> hope hae ye?
>
> Well, for starters, he's not Scottish, so let's try one on you.
>
> Which province of France was the Battle of Drôme fought in?
>
> If you can't even get that right, then nobody here will be paying much
> attention to you in future...
Richt. Ma research telt me in unner 30 seconds it wis in Dauphiné.
No bein Scottish is nae excuse fir this guy -- if he's researchin a
language spoke in an area, he can tak the time tae get the geography o the
area right. In fact, no just "can", but "has tae".
Ah'm wondrin about why places like Aberuthven are includit. It's place
names like this that mak fowks say that Pictish wis Brethonic. If he
believes that, he ****dnae be includin it as a ***bric name. His preamble
suggests he goes wi current convention on this, so why include it?
Besides, gieen his views on the legitimacy of variant languages as leids
in their ain right, ah wunner why he disnae say that:
"So called ***bric is just the old language of Northern Wales that
spread to the S.W. of Scotland,"
Hypocrite.
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