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Re:English is not normal by noamyoungerm on Sunday November 15, 2015 @03:15AM (#10568909)
Also: Scots is a mutually intelligible language

On the other hand, just like trying to explain programming to someone who only knows how to use MS Word, trying to explain linguistics to someone without formal training is bound to end in misunderstandings and inaccuracy.

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Re:English is not normal by Turing_Machine on Sunday November 15, 2015 @04:48PM (#10571362)
"Also: Scots is a mutually intelligible language"

That's very strongly dependent on your native dialect. I know people who have to put on the subtitles to understand the movie Trainspotting, and (I think) that's not even full-blown Scots.

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