Is it true that one of the defining features of Scots from English is its lack of influence from the Great Vowel Shift. Is it that the GVS didn't really reach Scotland or is there something else at work?
Scots language
<<Scots
i:>@I, ae (phonemic split)
e:>i
E:>i
a:>e
O:>e
o:>I_"
u:>u>>
Shouldn't ME /o:/ become SSE /o:/?
i:>@I, ae (phonemic split)
e:>i
E:>i
a:>e
O:>e
o:>I_"
u:>u>>
Shouldn't ME /o:/ become SSE /o:/?
Never mind, I thought the threat was about Scottish English but it's about Scots.