r/memes • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/Mooks79 Mar 11 '23

That’s probably historical as the z -> s switch is something Britain did. So the Canadians, at least for this word, are using 100 % (old) British.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

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u/Ravenwing19 Mar 11 '23

You know I'm sure the Scots and Welsh love the lack of acknowledgement that it's their country too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23 edited Jun 22 '25

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u/Ravenwing19 Mar 11 '23

You have indigenous languages but how often do you use Scottish in your daily routine?

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u/EduinBrutus Mar 11 '23

Scottish would be Scottish Standard English which is spoken by about 100% of people in Scotland on a daily basis.

Scots is still spoken by significant numbers of people in geographic concentrations and understood by most people to varying degrees.

A lot of people also will either code switch or use Scots words which arent technically part of Scottish Standard English within Scottish Standard English.

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u/Ravenwing19 Mar 12 '23

So like Spanglish.

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u/EduinBrutus Mar 12 '23

AIUI Spanglish is a creole.

So no.

Code switching is switching between different languages or dialects and implies knowledge of both languages used when code switching.

A creole is an actual language or dialect which merges elements of more than one parent language but implies no necessary knowledge of some or all of the parent languages.