Uiser collogue:Moribunt
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[eedit soorce]Gaun yersel son, we'r no fasht ("on you go man, we're not bothered" ;-) Seriously, that would be useful, thanks for that — Mendor 20:25, 2 Augist 2005 (UTC)
- OK, consider it done.. Fun thing is that I have been browsing around this wiki for an hour or so now, and I'm starting to learn to read Scottish.. ;-) It's not as hard as it seems. Moribunt 20:30, 2 Augist 2005 (UTC)
- Well, it is in the same category of languages as Dutch, English and German and you speak all three of those so you should start picking up some similarities. A couple of nice easy ones (Dutch to Scots) to start you off would be Kerk --> Kirk, Snell --> Snell. I think you can upgrade your upgrade your language status from sco-0 to sco-1 at least. Actually, I am continually in awe at Dutch people's language skills. I once worked with a Dutch guy in Madrid who learned Spanish quite quickly with nothing more than a lonely planet phrase book and having to argue with taxi drivers who liked to give you the scenic tour rather than take you direct. --Colin Angus Mackay 19:10, 3 Augist 2005 (UTC)
- I'm starting to get the idea, but upgrading to sco-1 will take some time. I started on this wiki by putting a congratulation on "Gaun on the nou", thinking that would be the "pub" or "village pump"... Later I realised the expression "the nou" being "now", so "Gaun on the nou" must be "Going on now"... (correct me if I'm wrong... ;-) But in general Dutch kids take at least 2 years of English, 1 year German and 1 year French in school. Most of them take English at least another year, and one of the other languages another year.. I took 4 years English, 2 German and 2 French. And as a computer-nerd many of my communication is in English. Recent studies have proved however that the language skills of the Dutch is a little bit like an Urban legend, we tend to be very sloppy in our effort to speak many languages. BTW I tend to answer to messages on pages where the message appear, not on a user's own talk-page. I'm not sure whether this is according to the Scots way of talking... Moribunt 20:32, 3 Augist 2005 (UTC)
- Well, it is in the same category of languages as Dutch, English and German and you speak all three of those so you should start picking up some similarities. A couple of nice easy ones (Dutch to Scots) to start you off would be Kerk --> Kirk, Snell --> Snell. I think you can upgrade your upgrade your language status from sco-0 to sco-1 at least. Actually, I am continually in awe at Dutch people's language skills. I once worked with a Dutch guy in Madrid who learned Spanish quite quickly with nothing more than a lonely planet phrase book and having to argue with taxi drivers who liked to give you the scenic tour rather than take you direct. --Colin Angus Mackay 19:10, 3 Augist 2005 (UTC)