The Scottish English is the regional variety of English used in Scotland , called in English or .

Scottish English is the result of linguistic interference between the Scots and English from the ^seventeenth century. The passage of many speakers of Scots to English is made at a price many compromises phonological and transfer semantics , as well as phenomena of overcorrection. The spelling , the punctuation and grammar of Scottish English tend to follow the use of the Oxford Dictionary Franais. The English Highland differs somewhat from that of the Lowlands , in that it reflects a greater influence phonological, lexical and grammatical language of the substrate , the Scottish Gaelic.

Example of English in the Scottish pronunciation of Renfrewshire :
Which Way Should We Go to Lochwinoch? One way IS seven miles, The Other Is not Quite So Far But I Do not Want to Take the road because we that bad again.

Despite regional and social variations, the Scottish English has a number of features of pronunciation features.

Scottish English is a rhotic variety of English, which means he pronounces / r / in the end syllable (contrary to Received Pronunciation , but like most accents of American English ). Phonetically, the sound can be realized as a spirant R as Received Pronunciation, but the achievement as beating R is also common. Less often, it is a rolled R . Some vowels like / i / , / u / or / / are usually long, but abridged before a nasal consonant or occlusive sound. This does not occur, however, limit morpheme , so that side "side" remains separate sighed "sighed," for example.

The L has a pronunciation velarized Grammar

There are few grammatical differences with other varieties of English, although the progressive form typically occurs with greater frequency than elsewhere, eg some verbs with stative meaning (I'm Wanting a drink, "I want a drink "). In future, the progressive form often indicates an assumption (You'll be coming from Glasgow "You have to come from Glasgow).

The use of prepositions is often particular.

Register in familiar, "shall" and "ought lacking, the use of must for the requirement is marginal and May is rare.

Lexical Features

Use of a sign on outwith Scotland.

Scottish English has a number of rare words in the south of the United Kingdom (and in other English varieties), some are part of general vocabulary, such as outwith "outside" (rather than Outside of ), off of "in" (in use into), wee "menu" (the Scots word, also used in Irish English ), pinkie "finger, little finger" (rather than "little finger"), janitor " janitor, custodian "(rather than caretaker), while others refer to specific cultural background, as haggis and caber.

In some places, there is a sizeable record of familiar terms (in common with the Scots), apparently inherited from Romani and languages of Eastern Europe ^References

• IETF language code : en-scotland
• (In) This article is partially or entirely from the article in English entitled " Scottish Franais "(see the list of authors )

Bibliography

• (In) D. Abercrombie, "The accents of Standard Franais in Scotland, in AJ Aitken & T. McArthur (ed.), Languages of Scotland, Chambers, Edinburgh, 1979 65-84
• (In) AJ Aitken, Scottish speech: A Historical view with special reference to the Standard of Scotland Franais, "in AJ Aitken & T. McArthur (ed.), Languages of Scotland, Chambers, Edinburgh, 1979 85-118
• (In) John J. Corbett, J. Derrick McClure and Jane Stuart-Smith (eds.), Edinburgh Student Companion to Scots, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2003, ( ISBN 0-7486-1596-2 )
• (In) Paul Foulkes & Gerard J. Docherty, Gerard. J. (Ed.), Urban Voices: Accent Studies in the British Isles, Arnold, London, 1999 ( ISBN 0-340-70608-2 )
• (In) C. Macafee, "Scots and Scottish Franais.," In R. Hikey (ed.), Legacies of Colonial Franais: Studies in Transported Dialects, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
• (En) A. Hughes, P. Trudgill & D. Watt (ed.), Accents and Dialects ^Franais, 4th ed. Arnold, London, 2005 ( ISBN 0-340-88718-4 )
• (In) James M. Scobbie, Nigel Hewlett & Alice Turk, "Standard Franais in Edinburgh and Glasgow: The Scottish Vowel Length Rule Revealed," in Paul Foulkes & Gerard J. Docherty, Gerard. J. (Ed.), Urban Voices: Accent Studies in the British Isles, Arnold, London, 1999 ( ISBN 0-340-70608-2 ), p. 230-245.
• (In) John C. Wells, Accents of Franais, Cambrighe University Press, Cambridge, 1982, 3 vols. ( ISBN 0-521-22919-7 ) (vol. 1), ( ISBN 0-521-24224-X ) (vol. 2), ( ISBN 0-521-24225-8 ) (Vol. 3).

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