Scottish Politics / Independence - Vol 12

But I'm not being down on 'our culture', if Scots is a language, so are other local dialects that have grown from similar roots. This was and is the point I'm making. There is still lots of debate over whether Scots is a language or a dialect, for me it's a bdisation of English, which itself has its roots in the Germanic language of early settlers. I think its a hugely important part of our culture, which is another point I'm making, is still evolving and is still in use every day. Whether its a stand alone language or not does not diminish its importance to our cultural heritage, and those trying to deny it exists or suggest its only an 'old' language run the risk of condemning it to the status of Gaelic, a vibrant language that was banned in an act of cultural apartheid. I meet people from all over the world who have thick accents, or a poor grasp of 'our' language or simply don't use the same intonations and rhythms that we do. It never occurs to me to exhort them to speak properly, why would I do so to a Glaswegian, a Dundonian, whatever? Hell, call it a language of you like, I struggle with that concept but again, that's just me out in my lonely furrow...and whatever its called, embrace it, its part of our collective soul.

Anyhoo, my opinion ain't worth a damn because it IS a language and is recognised as such, so my linguistic pedantry matters not a jot

The cabinet reacts to John Swinney claiming we can be independent by 2029.

I disagree entirely.

So called 'Scots' is a pathetic attempt at indoctrinating some sort of national identity when it's not actually required.

Everyone knows we speak 'funny'. So does the rest of the world.

Some sort of mutual benchmark should be embraced rather than try to establish something that doesn't exist for the sake of being 'Scottishy'. There's plenty of Scottishness to go around without shoving it down other people's thrapples.

OK, I'll acknowledge that I maybe misread and I apologise.

I'm still aggrieved that it was needlessly foisted upon my children. It serves no purpose and a complete waste of funds that could be used more productively elsewhere.

"Scots" isn't a "language" it's a collection of local dialects in the same way that "English" is. The version that Robert Burns wrote down is no more definitive than "Scouse" is to English.

A point I made earlier...

The Greens...they must be raging, first being kicked out of government and now Swinney back tracking on thier policies, the other day Harvie was cleary very angry at FMQ, I wonder how long it will be till the toys are well and truly chucked out the pram.

As much as they all want to keep their snouts in the trough Harvie can't help being an angry wee man when he doesn't get his own way and may at some point think to hell with them were off.

Just a thought.

The talk of Scot’s language reminded me of the poem from the baby box we got last October.

Is this the caricature of “Scot’s” she’s trying to mimic?
As it’s utter cringe gibberish.

Does anyone on here speak like this in real life?

I hear almost every one of those words if not daily then weekly, but used in conversation. But christ, that poem, whilst not gibberish...you can understand it after all, is appalling, isn't it? And yes, cringeworthy

Front page of today’s Herald https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72pg9geezko
Jack McConnell saying “I felt that we had to create a Scottish Parliament to take control of our education system and then drive it to be world class again”

That went well…

Anyway, hasn’t education always been a responsibility of the Scottish Office and not something (practically) dealt with by Westminster?