It's reported that British cows have acquired regional accents. Residents of Blighty will be familiar with the concept: it's when two people can't understand a word either is saying. The phenomenon is not so pronounced amongst english speakers outside the UK. Most english speaking Americans, Canadians, or Australasians have no such difficulties. The Impressionist would like to know if their cows can talk to our cows.
You would think that a country that is already struggling with inter-regional incomprehension, even amongst cows, would be keen to homogenise the language. That would be far too sensible. Wales has always had its language nazis, and road signs are now shown in both English and Welsh at huge public expense. Now the contagion has spread to Scotland where schools have been set up that teach exclusively in Gaelic, a language that is understood by 2 percent of Scots - and virtually no one outside Scotland. The pupils at these establishments get into trouble for speaking english.
The Impressionist feels the writing is on the wall (in english). If these kids weren't forced to learn this dying language, they certainly wouldn't do it off their own bat. People who promote this artificial diversification are doing it purely for tribal reasons. It is to the detriment of its students. The fact that it is allowed shows how disconnected from the real world Scottish thinking has become.
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