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Originally Posted by Perikles
Scottish also has significant vocabulary differences, partly based on Celtic influences. They have some interesting linguistic fossils, for example another word for "to know" which is "to ken", from the Germanic kennen to know a person, cognate with conocer.  |
Interesting. Yes, they have some peculiar words. And the accent... geez... Of course it depends on the person. My best friend when I was there was Scottish and I didn't have any problems understanding her. But her parents... whew!!! Maybe it was because she had lived in England for a few years.
