What is Scots?
1.
The natives of
The Alternative and older usage of
never to be substituted with the much hated term scotch unless you are referring to
The Scots are a great race
Scots is a language
Mary Queen of Scots
Scotsman never Scottishman
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2.
The Anglo-Saxon language of Scotland. Native to the Lothians and Borders ( and historically all of Northumbria in England ) it spread over centuries and displaced Gaelic - the native Scottish language - from most of the Lowlands. Most famous examples of the language are probably found in the poetry of Robert Burns. There has been much debate, which is ongoing, over whether or not Lowland Scots is a language in its own right or a dialect of English.
Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed
Or to victorie!
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3.
1. The Scottish people - being either those belonging to the nation of Scotland or those who speak the Scottish language (Gaidhlig).
2. The Anglo-Saxon language of lowland Scotland. Derived from Old English and formerly referred to as 'Inglis/Ynglis' by its speakers until they usurped the title of 'Scottish' from the native, Gaelic speaking, Scots around the 15th century.
English : Scots
Lowlands : Lallans
Church : Kirk
Lake : Loch
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4.
The native scottish language, not quite English but very close. It mixes regional dialects with English. Most regions have widely varying dialects.
So can you teach me scots? It sounds easy and very like English
5.
Perhaps the dourest and most melancholy race on earth, Scots overcompensate for the third-world poverty and obscene ignorance of their dreary, dark, damp and miserable psudo-nation by posting a flood of self-congratulatory and false definitions of their god-forsaken race of troglodytes on a humorous online dictionary.
Those filthy, stinking Scots cowering in the gutter seem fearful the English will invade their country and inflict countless crushing military defeats. Again.
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