John Cowan replied:
> Kenneth Whistler wrote:
>
> > To that I would add Glaswegian. When watching the
> > Scots-produced mystery shows that show up on PBS in the United
> > States on occasion, my wife and I often turn to each other
> > in bafflement and say, "Subtitles, please."
>
> Scots is a separate language! If you understand anything at all
> it's by a happy accident. (There is of course Scots-flavored
> English as well, which is another matter.)
I was, of course, referring to Scots (alleged) English, and not
to Scots Gaelic.
--Ken