Re:Classism in America
by arethuza on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:06PM
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There are quite a lot of Scots accents and dialects - my wife, who is from near Glasgow, can't understand a word of anything said in the dialect I used as a kid as I'm from a completely different part of Scotland (Moray).
Indeed when I was growing up even though I was in a rural area people who lived on farms had a noticeably different accent from those of us who lived in coastal fishing villages even though the farms might only be a kilometer or so from the coast.
e.g.
“A ken a ken im, but a da ken far a ken im fae.”
or
"I know I know him, but I don't know where I know him from".
And of course, I was a "wee loonie" when I was younger.
Edit: Of course, the biggest crime I commit when it comes to class is, of course, using "toilet" rather than "loo".
Indeed when I was growing up even though I was in a rural area people who lived on farms had a noticeably different accent from those of us who lived in coastal fishing villages even though the farms might only be a kilometer or so from the coast.
e.g.
“A ken a ken im, but a da ken far a ken im fae.”
or
"I know I know him, but I don't know where I know him from".
And of course, I was a "wee loonie" when I was younger.
Edit: Of course, the biggest crime I commit when it comes to class is, of course, using "toilet" rather than "loo".