Re: OT: Scotland (was: script count?)

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:

> At 13:28 -0500 2003-12-14, John Cowan wrote:
> >Patrick Chew scripsit:
> >
> >> We can make comparisons with Scots English and Queen's

English

> >> here... will the refuting argument still hold in this case?
> >
> >The language situation in Scotland is (discounting Scots Gaelic)
>
> Scottish Gaelic is the preferred term.

Yes, because "Scots" is usually used to refer to the Germanic
language native to Lallans.