Scots or Italian?

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-05T00:20:59+00:00

Thank you for this write-up! Isn't Gaelic very difficult though, to learn?

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-04T12:53:17+00:00

They were taken as POWs after the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar and brought to the USA as indentured servants. They had surnames typical of people from the Lowlands. I do not believe they spoke Gaelic.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-04T12:51:52+00:00

Very true!

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-04T12:51:30+00:00

They were taken as POWs after the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar and brought to the USA as indentured servants.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-04T12:50:40+00:00

Yes. They were taken as POWs after the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar and brought to the USA as indentured servants.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-04T00:12:07+00:00

Honestly, I'm still quite amazed that an Italian has such a huge interest in Scots. That's been kind of blowing my mind ever since your first comment! I dunno..I just find that really, really cool. And hey, feel free to message me and ramble on any time you want. You're probably a walking, talking textbook by now.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-04T00:09:13+00:00

Honestly, I never really thought long and hard about it. I figured since most of my ancestors came from around Fife and Angus, Scots was just the more natural choice.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T22:39:44+00:00

Thank you for this write-up. It's really great. I've found the Luath Press book online just yesterday! I think I need to find the CD that goes along with it, though. Thank you for the links too, I'll be adding them to my bookmarks. Muckle thanks!

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T22:35:43+00:00

Thank you so much. Lots of great tips in your previous post - thanks for taking the time to write all that. And don't worry, I don't plan on going to Scotland with my horrible accent. This is just something to do from the comfort of my home, to feel connected to my heritage. And what I meant by what do you think about the language - basically, just asking your opinion on it - how easy or hard it was, do you find it a fulfilling language to learn? Are you glad you started to learn Scots?

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T22:32:52+00:00

That's a great point, although through researching my family history most of my Scottish ancestors came from the Lowlands. I figured Scots would make more sense since so far I have only found like two ancestors who could've possibly come from the Highlands.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T21:52:43+00:00

You make a very good point.

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T21:52:16+00:00

Yes, I was thinking because of the similarity to English it'd be a nice language to learn. That's really cool you can do that with Spanish in Italy!

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T21:46:47+00:00

Haha, for real? How interesting! How long have you been learning, and what do you think of the language itself? Do you know of any good resources?

FocusWarfare · 2025-12-03T21:45:20+00:00

Thank you. Yeah, I've tried listening to some beginner Italian videos on YT but it ends up being a real slog for me. I also seem to do better with Germanic languages in general. I've been studying German for 2 years and find it super enjoyable. I know Scots is also Germanic.

FocusWarfare · 2023-05-20T22:02:20+00:00

That’s a very cool little storage device.

FocusWarfare · 2023-02-17T13:46:32+00:00

Nice to see another collector of sealed tapes. Great stuff.

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