Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Franco-Provençal

--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...> wrote:

> From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
> Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Franco-Provençal
> To: "Rick McCallister" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 10:31 PM
> At 9:15:15 PM on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, Rick
> McCallister wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > No, I'd say English is a dialect of Scots --given
> that
> > Scots is more conservative, much closer to Old
> English.
>
> In what respect(s)?
>
> Brian

The vowels
<a> did not change to /o/ e.g. hame vs. home
/u/ did not change to /au/ e.g. house vs. /hus/
preservation of /x/
etc.