"Helen Ramsay" <r@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:btdmnc$552qd$1@ID-207901.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "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

It's me spell checker, Miz Helen,
It don't speak Lallans (yet).