Scotland is part of United Kingdom The money used is called the
sterling pound The population of Scotland is 4.996.000
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Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen
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Scottish English: varieties of English spoken in Scotland
Gaelic is an ancient language of Scotland Most of the Gaelic
speaking-people live in the north-west
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Union of the Crowns (1603) Union of the Parliaments (1707)
Steady decline of Scots begins in 16th century, by the end of the
17th century English has gained considerable influence in Scotland
English learned formally in Highlands and northern and western
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Will instead of shall. Ex: Will I see you after? Passive
expressed by get Ex: I got told off Verbs of motion may be elided
before adverbs of motion Ex: Ill away home then; the cat wants out.
Have behave more like an auxiliary Ex: hed a good time
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Need to, use to and dare to are used as main verbs. Ex: he
didnt need to do that; he doesnt dare to talk Perfect aspect of a
verb is indicated using be as auxiliary with the preposition after
Ex: he is after going instead of he had gone Some verbs are used
progressively. Ex: I was hoping to see him or they were meaning to
come
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Pronouns in self may be used non- reflexively Ex: Hows yourself
today? Anybody, everybody, nobody, somebody are preferred to
anyone, everyone, no one, someone. Amnt I? is used virtuarlly to
the exclusion of arent I? Ex: Im expected too, amnt I?
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The use of not rather than nt Ex: hell not come; youre not
wanted. The adverbial particle follows the verb Ex: he turned out
the light Use of participle after need Ex: My car needs washed
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Dinnae= Dont Aye= yes Brae= hill Wee = small To mind= to
remember Dram= drink Gate= road Nippin = nagging Paddock = frog
Canny = careful Kirk= church Kilt = Scottish Skirt Lassies =
girls
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How are you keeping ? = how are you? Thats me away = Im going
now The back of nine o clock = soon after nine o clock Ive got the
cold = a cold
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Vowels and consonants
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Strongly rhotic (trilled alveolar /r/ or alveolar tap / R /)
Monophthongized diphthongs: RP/ U / as /o/ (go /go/); RP / I / as
/e/ (play /ple/); RP /aU/ as /u:/ (house /hu:s/) Unstressed vowels
often realized as /I/ where RP has // pilot as /p ilIt /,letter as
/lEtIr/
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/u:/ and /U /, e.g. pool and pull are homophones / / and / /
merged to / / such that cot and caught are homophones
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/ I / and / / are always short RP diphthong / AI / becomes
longer. e.g., in tied, high, prize. Non-initial /t/ often replaced
by / / (butter /b Ir/), use decreases in higher social classes
Which is the second largest city of Scotland? a)Aberdeen
b)Glasgow c)Edinburgh When did the Union of the Parliaments happen?
a)1607 b)1807 c)1707 Which is a national symbol of Scotland?
a)Sunflower b)Thistle c)Rose
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In Scottish English, have could be. a)A modal b)An auxiliar
c)Both of them Perfect aspect of a verb is indicated using be as
auxiliary with the preposition a)Before b)After c)At
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What does wee mean? a)Small b)Big c)Cold What does kilt mean?
a)Church b)Scottish skirt c)Trousers In Scottish English, which are
homophones? a)/u:/ and / U / b)/ U/ and /I/ c)/ U/ and /A/
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/I / and // are always a)Homophones b)Long c)Short When does
Scottish use glottal stop? a)Consonant t b)Consonant d c)Consonant
k
