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   XPost: soc.culture.scottish   
   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "Westprog" :   
   >Féachadóir wrote:   
   >...   
   >>> It doesn't change my original belief, based on informal observation,   
   >>> that written Scots is used for novels, poetry and local matters. It   
   >>> isn't used for physics textbooks, bus timetables, or tax forms. And   
   >>> the Irish experience IMO indicates that associating a language with   
   >>> every topic of misery, boredom and the government doesn't for some   
   >>> reason lead to its popularity.   
   >...   
   >> Language deserves to be spoken, not studied by academics in   
   >> dusty archives.   
   >   
   >I think that's the point I was making.   
      
   Yet it seems you don't get why the written language would be an   
   important part of that process.   
      
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