The Scots Language Wikipedia Is Edited Primarily by Someone With Limited Knowledge of Scots
25th August 2020
Which tells you, perhaps not everything you need to know, but a lot of what you need to know about Wikipedia.
I first became conscious of the difference between ‘speaking Scots’ and ‘speaking with a Scottish accent’ while watching a comedic rant about golf by Robin Williams on a British talk show. It was very entertaining but at one point he talks about them using a ‘tiny flag ta give ye hope’, and the use of ‘little’ where any Scot would have used ‘wee’ just threw me completely out of the routine.