Modren Scots conseests o the varieties o the Scots leid tradeetionally spakken in the Lallans an pairts o Ulster, fae 1700.
Oothrou hits historie, Modren Scots haes bin dreein a process o leid attrition, whaurby generation efter generation o spikkers haes adoptit mair an mair meiths fae Modren Inglis, muckle fae the colloquial register. This process o leid contact or byleidisation unner Inglis haes acceleratit fest syne braid aiccess tae mass media in Inglis, an eikit population mobility becam available efter Warld War II.[1][2] Hit haes newlins taen on the natur o halesale leid shift taewart Scots Inglis, sumtimes cried leid chynge, convergence ir gang thegither an aw.
By the end o the twintiet yeirhunner, Scots wis at a late stage o leid deith ower muckle o Lallan Scotland.[3] Remeenin Scots meiths is affen semply regairdit nouadays as slang, espeicially by fowk fae ootwith Scotland, bit iven by mony Scots thaimsels.
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