Hard Light Productions Forums

Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on September 10, 2004, 04:59:33 am

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: aldo_14 on September 10, 2004, 04:59:33 am

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/scots/index.htm

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: an0n on September 10, 2004, 06:49:38 am

Yeah, you get used to that ****.

My cousin didn't used to be able to spell 'little' c'z he'd never been to an English school.

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: karajorma on September 10, 2004, 07:02:35 am

At first I thought the site was being satirical but it looks like it's the actual scottish parliment website! :lol:

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: SadisticSid on September 10, 2004, 10:59:57 am

Good lord. It's legitimate alright, although whether or not the person(s) who created it are is another matter.

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: Taristin on September 10, 2004, 12:47:39 pm

...wow.  Just Wow.


I guess it is true that the English language is always changing. In this case, it has broken away from english all together.

Another hundred years or so, and it'll not be recognizable... (Like English and German in the 1100's...)

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on September 10, 2004, 01:05:33 pm

I don't think that's english... seems to be the scottish dialect cause the spelling is consistent.

click the 'english sign language' below. It's text is in english

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 10, 2004, 01:11:59 pm

I wonder if, if and when we get a Yorksher and Humber Assembly, the site will be in Broad Yorkshire...

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: aldo_14 on September 10, 2004, 01:12:05 pm

It's Scots.  Regional dialect.  Really it's just an extension of english with Scots pronounciation & some older words.... it is not a 'new' language, it's an old one.

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: Mongoose on September 10, 2004, 02:07:44 pm

Reminds me of Scrooge McDuck :p

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: Rictor on September 10, 2004, 02:17:17 pm

wtf??

See, I knew the Irish had their own thing, but I never actually bought into the Scottish stereotypes...until now.

and why the hell is "website" written as "wabsite". Its a new word, I'm pretty sure they didn't have the Net back in the middle ages.

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 10, 2004, 02:27:24 pm

Och

Title: Ah, Holyrood
Post by: an0n on September 10, 2004, 02:37:09 pm

It's spelled that way because it's pronounced 'wAebsaIt'.

Or 'w-u-bsite' depending on where you are.