h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello dear editor,
I meant to change the opening paragraph but I was a bit lazy and missed my chance. Do you think you could when you edit this?
Could you change the opening to say "Scotland has more than one distinct language. There is English, the language of newspapers, TV programmes and the internet, Gaelic, the ancient Celtic language of the Western Highlands and Island and one other." to replace "Scotland has its own distinct language. And its not Gaelic either."
Makes it less flippant. Thanks

*cough* Just to bring this back up. That opening bit is more flippant than I really want the article to come across. Ta.

I'll unflippant it now. If I don't then you have every right to consign me to the midden being a glakit-lookin' peelly wally bampot.

Rat's magic sos it is big man. Ah wis black affronted that ah might look like a numpty.

A numpty?! That's fab! What is one, by the way? Actually, I'll go and have a look at the dictionary on Scots Online which I bookmarked yesterday!

I can't find it!!!!

A numpty - an idiot, someone of limited intelligence. i.e. the guy who wrote that dictionary must be a right numpty

Don't know if it's a Scots term, but the word 'numpty' is also used a lot down here in Yorkshire.

The effect of Scots and English ceasing to be two distinct languages and morphing into one continuum is that there is now quite a large amount of overlap. i.e. Words that might once have been Scots are now spoken further south and vice versa. Part of what has made English such an interesting, if posibly badly named () language.

Great entry, Munchkin! I keep a copy of a Scots Dictionary by my bed, don't you know.

That'll help you get to sleep.

Er, sorry I took so long to reply to your last post, there, Munchkin. I was erm, fast asleep.

Tsk, tsk, asleep on the job. I'm minded to write to Points of View about this.

If you do can you complain about Ashley's dress sense while you're at it. He's not here so I'm taking this opportunity to talk about him behind his back.

I've never noticed anyone else ever feeling the need to be that nice to him.