"Madra Dubh" <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote

> > I'll admit I've been lurking in scs since the grace with which this
> > flamebait was handled attracted me, but I have to admit to a wee
> > problem--I can't understand some of the language. Seems like Lamark was
> > wrong.
> >
> You hang around long enough and these guys will have you speaking Lieland
> (sp) Scots like a native.

Make that Lallans Madra :)

"Lallans meaning 'lowlands' refers to Scots, the language of lowland
Scotland, once the state language of Scotland before 1603, Scots has a
number of dialects. It is spoken in Lowland Scotland."

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lallans

Cheers,  Helen
hramsay at cogeco dot ca