Curious about the Scots language - its history and what it's like? As an English polyglot, I wanted to experience learning a language closely related to English. I signed up for a three week course and was pleased to find my friend Richard Simcott was a classmate. In this video, I take an informative and humourous look at the history of Scots and its relationship to English (they are sisters separated at birth but strongly influencing each other in later life). I then share my favourite bits of the pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar of Scots. Fellow polyglot, Richard Simcott and I then get together to discuss our experiences of learning Scots, and, in Richard's case, Ladino, Frisian, Scandinavian languages and Bulgarian coming from Macedonian. I hope this whets your interest in the Scots. If so, make sure to check out the following resources: Free series of videos by Michael Dempster:    • The Scots language an accent - web ve...   http://www.scotslanguage.com/ Dictionaries: http://dsl.ac.uk/ https://www.scots-online.org/mobile/dictionary/english_scots.php –––––––––––––––––––– Acknowledgements Huge thanks to Michael Dempster for sharing his passion for his native language Thanks to Richard Simcott for a most agreeable blether I am grateful to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChnRk6mxWsSOGElm8phdSxw for the invaluable tips on Anglo-Saxon costume https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFX1nbD3dV0 Thanks also to Karen Grimmer and Michael Bird of Lowestoft for Aethelfrith's accent Scots Lang-en.svg original svg of scotland Supergolden. This version: Chabacano / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Castle Background https://www.freepik.com/vectors/background Background vector created by vectorpocket - www.freepik.com Tranparent tree images https://imgbin.com/