Trainspotting

[Andy C]

Now thats not entirely correct.  There is a language called Scots that
is different to Gaelic.  Scots is sort of English but with a VERY strong
accent and a large number of words quite different.  There is even
a Scots dictionary.

If the film where in Scots then most of Scotland wouldn't be able to
understand it, never mind the English or the Americans.

I understand the accents in the film where toned down for the first 1/2
hour to give those overseas a chance to get used to it.

Andy C

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        `Genuine' Scots is not English with a thick brogue, but Gaelic,
an entirely separate language which you are very unlikely to hear in
Irvine Welsh's Edinburgh! Therefore, the average English person should
technically be able to understand a Glaswegian, but can they? Hell no!
Yours, from south of the border by quite some way,
                                                    Jon
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