See, telt ye Scots speakers wis mair gleg-like!
Marco Cobra Cafolla haes a theory aboot this: “The reason Scots hiv been muckle contreibuters tae mankynd, is acause thon wha bide i the lawlaunds an’ the nor east o Scotland growed up learin’ baith Scots an’ Inglis as native tongues, maist o us wi’out kennin we war. Thon wha bided outside ‘at aurie in Scotland, Ah’ve been telt bi a body wha growed up thonner, hiv stairtit tae lear Gaelic in schuils alangsyde Inglis. Acause o thae reasons, Ah think fowk frae Scotland hiv, wi’out noticin, gat aa the propines that comes wi kennin twa o mair leids“.
Kinna like his thocht that bilingualism wis a muckle pairt o the floorin o Scotland’s culture in the 18t an 19t centuries…. A doot monie o oor muckle thinkers maun hae bin twa-leidit….