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    Posted: 16-Sep-2006 at 11:19
Originally posted by erkut

Actualy i would like to learn some scotishSmile For ex. How do you say: Hi, How are you? Fine in Scotish language?
 
A common way to greet someone here is by sayin " aaricht, hoo ye daein?  Usually replied with guid or no tae bad
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AyKurt, or any other person who knows Scots, is "thocht" pronounced the same as the English word "thought"?

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Originally posted by Emperor Barbarossa

AyKurt, or any other person who knows Scots, is "thocht" pronounced the same as the English word "thought"?
 
The "ch" in thocht is pronounced more like "ch" in loch.
 
Most folk in central Scotland would just use the english word thought nowadays, i think its mostly in Caithness and Orkney and Shetland islands were thocht is common today.
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Originally posted by AyKurt

Originally posted by Emperor Barbarossa

AyKurt, or any other person who knows Scots, is "thocht" pronounced the same as the English word "thought"?
 
The "ch" in thocht is pronounced more like "ch" in loch.
 
Most folk in central Scotland would just use the english word thought nowadays, i think its mostly in Caithness and Orkney and Shetland islands were thocht is common today.
Okay, thanks, I was wondering about that.

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