Talk:splore

@Widsith, Equinox, Prosfilaes: This quote is English, not Scots. Can someone do the requisite digging to figure out what we need in an English section, and if we can produce a quote that's actually in Scots? —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 16:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

• I have no problem at all calling that Scots – with ‘faither’, ‘banes’, ‘sploring’ and ‘wi'’. I mean in practice, English and Scots exist on a continuum in Scotland, but for the purposes of illustration I think the cite is fine there. Ƿidsiþ 18:01, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

  @Widsith, -sche: This is worryingly circular, with you claiming that "sploring" means this quote Scots, and the quote being in Scots is why we should have a Scots entry for this very verb! The rest, of course, is a matter of orthography, and you might as well tell me what language this is in: "Ow, eez ye-ooa san, is e? Wal, fewd dan y' de-ooty baw-mz a mather should, eed now bettern to spawl a pore gel's flahrzn than ran awy athaht pyin." —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 18:24, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

  Well, splore is one of many words that make me inclined to consider it Scots. I'm not basing a decision on that word alone. The rest may be orthography, but the difference between English "father" and Scots "faither", or English "bones" and Scots "banes", is only one of pronunciation and how the hell else do you indicate that except by changing the orthography?? Ƿidsiþ 20:41, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Scots is secretly English. Equinox ◑ 11:58, 12 January 2018 (UTC)