Danish and Scots

This cam tae mind the day (clue: fitbaw) .

“To return to the link I referred to between Danish and Scots, it might well open a few eyes if I were to give some illustration of the extent to which these two languages share a vocabulary… The words in this list are pronounced exactly the same or almost exactly the same in Danish as in Scots and have the same meaning :- SCOTS DANISH aff af alane alene bairn barn bane ben blae bleg blad blad brent braende claith klaide clart klatte coo ko cruik krykke cruisie kruse dook dykke drucken drukken efter efter forbye forbi fremmit fremmed gang gang gavel gavl greet graede greyhairit graharet grue gru grund grund hals hals het hed hoose hus ken kunne, kende kilt kilte kirk kirke lang lang ligg ligge lirk lirke lowe lue mair mer moose mus oot ud reek rog rowan ron saip saepe sark saerk sang sang seck saek seik syg siccar sikker skaith skade skellum skaelm skelly skele smaa sma smiddy smedje smool smugle smit smitte soor syre starn, stern stjerne stane sten”.

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