linguistics – Page 3 – Denseman on the Rattis

Formerly known as the Widmann Blog

Northern English, or Southern Scots?

One of the most striking features that distinguish Scots from English is the treatment of Old English /oː/ (guid /gɪd,

Many years ago, somebody told me that Yle (the Finnish Broadcasting Company) were broadcasting weekly in Latin. However, in those

Scot Independence Podcast 19 is an interesting chat with Michael Hance from the Scots Language Centre. At one point they

I’ve been wondering for a wee while how to express the official referendum question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”,

I’ve been wondering for a wee while how to express the official referendum question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”,

Burns wrote his poems in Scots, but he generally used English orthography. For instance, here’s a bit of Auld Lang

If Jesus was God, why did he pray to himself? Originally uploaded by Zombie Inc. When I was a linguistics

Follow me on Twitter! @woofer_kyyiv Originally uploaded by Slava Baranskyi Most of the people I follow on Twitter tweet in

Fenja og Ewers Aabenraa Originally uploaded by Niels J. Buus Madsen The orthography of the Danish language is regulated by

Autumn leaves Originally uploaded by PhylB Da Léon var lille, skrev jeg her på bloggen flg. om hans udtale: [H]an