“Braid Scots is still in most Scottish communities (in one or other Anglicised modification) the speech of bed and board and street and plough, the speech of emotional ecstasy and emotional stress. But it is not genteel. It is to the bourgeoisie of Scotland coarse and low and common and loutish, a matter for laughter, well enough for hinds and the like, but for the genteel to be quoted in vocal inverted commas... But for the truly Scots writer it remains a real and haunting thing, even while he tries his best to forget its existence and to write as a good Englishman.” BourgeoisieScots LanguageGenteelScottish Writers Book:Scottish Scene: or, The Intelligent Man's Guide to Albyn Source: Scottish Scene: or, The Intelligent Man's Guide to Albyn
“Scots words to tell to your heart how they wrung it and held it, the toil of their days and unendingly their fight. And the next minute that passed from you, you were English, back to the English words so sharp and clean and true - for a while, till they slid so smooth from your throat you knew they could never say anything that was worth the saying at all.” English LanguageScots Language Book:A Scots Quair: Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, Grey Granite Source: A Scots Quair: Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, Grey Granite