[Wikipedia-l] nn (Norw. Nynorsk) wikipedia

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Sep 11 16:39:40 UTC 2004


Neil Harris wrote:

> Perhaps the nearest equivalent might be "Scots" vs. "English". Read 
> http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/scots/index.htm to get 
> a flavor of Scots, which is an official language of the Scottish 
> Parliament.

Of course, one still needs to distinguish between "Scots" as a dialect 
of English, and "Scottish" as a Gaelic language.  In dealing with these 
issues, however, one may find Scotch to be more useful. :-)

Ec




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