Scottish English (was: LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM)

[John Cowan]

Michael Everson scripsit:

> Um, dont' take this wrong, but I'm waaaaay underimpressed by that 
> page. "My hair needs washed" is standard in Pittsburgh. Half of that 
> "Scottish English" is stuff we say in Ireland.

I'm not offended.  But both Pittsburgh and Ireland had substantial
Scottish immigration in the past, so it's hardly surprising that there are
shared features.  (Indeed, Scots as distinct from Scottish English is
one of the minority languages of Ireland.)

Do yinz say "outwith" in Ireland?

> >> References?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English , which characterizes SSE
as a contact dialect of English, has some pointers.

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