Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 07:37:00 +0000 Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10oh35t$1g6or$1@dont-email.me> <10oj5ii$259sl$2@dont-email.me> <10ojna8$2ashr$3@dont-email.me> <1772999514-12588@newsgrouper.org> <0nlrqkhnvbaefd3t4en5qclp0g9696ss0b@4ax.com> <10okn6p$2nl86$4@dont-email.me> <87jyvlsf25.fsf@parhasard.net> <10olp2o$3205d$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net NYoL4tl/okAPi7C8gyJxxQ43+bTeltJUau2UBmXjIAlnV15Qva Cancel-Lock: sha1:/TbfItkNuzVXsfbJ8sZr0qt0jeE= sha256:vMEgRuoF2J+ypsyInVDCzbunqbzIkVXRM9Dm1Nsv6KI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: <10olp2o$3205d$2@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82721 alt.usage.english:1139023 Le 09/03/2026 à 06:24, Lawrence D’Oliveiro a écrit : > On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:16:34 +0000, Aidan Kehoe wrote: >> >> Scotland is part of Britain and Scots tended to identify as British >> (as well as Scottish) ... > > There is a difference between highland and lowland Scots though, isn’t > there: highland Scots are Celts, and have a Celtic language, whereas > lowland Scots are Anglo-Saxons, and their Scottish language (think > Robbie Burns) has the same common origins as English. I deg to biffer, or beg to differ about Lowland Scots. I don't think they or any other modern people are Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxons lived 1,000 years ago. No-one speaks Anglo-Saxon any more, unless it's a few university professors; our language is English, which is, if anything, Anglo-Norman. Our culture is no longer Anglo-Saxon (mead-swilling thanes, warriors, and peasants), and if there ever were 'Anglo-Saxon' genes, in Britain at least as far up as the Central Belt, after 1,000 years of migration and interbreeding they are pretty mixed up.