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Subject: Dinna whinge ya bam

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Trixta (UK)

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Date Posted: 15:21:56 01/15/05 Sat
In reply to: Mister Mister 's message, "Scots" on 01:04:05 01/15/05 Sat

Oh fer cryin' out loud.

I'm all for recognition of dialects but, like Rabbie Burns or Irvine Welsh, I jis cannae unnerstan it! It sounds more like Scottie than Scots and I'm wondering just how much some numptie was paid to write it.

Given that the people who may actually understand the dialect can hardly read (1 in 5 adults is illiterate in Scotland) - what was the point? Bet you it was the SNP!

What next? BBC News wi' pure mental subtitles fer the weegies? Or how about Chewin' the Fat's BBC News with translations for the Neds?

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[> [> Subject: Are Australians and those from Suffolk brothers?
Author: Ben.M(UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:44:05 01/15/05 Sat "I reckin our guvvemen shed do the same thing. Plennya Orstraylyans carn unnerstan bloody forrin English spellin. Goodonya, Scotlan." Whenever I go abroad and meet an American the first question is always a variation on the following; "Hey, whereabouts from Australia are you" [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: I don't know the reason for the similarity - I'd never heard of it before you mentioned it
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:54:30 01/15/05 Sat Does what I wrote sound like it could be spoken by someone from Suffolk? No one has ever asked me if I'm from Suffolk, by the way. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Well Suffolk isn't as well known as Australia.
Author: Ben.M(UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:37:53 01/16/05 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]