On Fri, 18 May 2012 12:22:28 +0100, Lisi wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> I understand American English. I usually do not understand Scottish ..clearly, Kircaldian is a Scottish language, but is it an... > English ...language? Yes, I have been there, I mean, Italians, Arabs, Russians etc understand and appreciate the fact that I may have a wee language challenge, and, as a nice bonus, they will even honor my pleas of speaking _s_l_o_w_l_y_ so I can understand their 4'th and 5'th etc words to me, too. :o) ..now, Yorkshirian is _much_ easier, and going by my standard on Kircaldian, it is clearly an English language, it _sounds_ like some Norwegian trying _hard_ to speak English, and since my Norwegian is of little help trying to understand it, I'd be inclined to argue that Yorkshirian is "English English." ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
