Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Madra Dubh" Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.welsh,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan References: <52210046.0401022313.78f63f4b@posting.google.com> <3ff6911a$0$9393$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com> <3ff6bd80@news.greennet.net> <3wVJb.279037$Ec1.9580491@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <1g731h3.1w9wf8j163s0i7N%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <1g738a1.kw9otf9b7at2N%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <1g74u30.m1a2ye53nm4iN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Why do British hate american culture? Lines: 27 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:10:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.76.224.116 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1073398255 12.76.224.116 (Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:10:55 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:10:55 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:9831 "Helen Ramsay" wrote in message news:btdmnc$552qd$1@ID-207901.news.uni-berlin.de... > "Madra Dubh" 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).