17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition

"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"

There isn't really a trend over time. Just most writers only depict a very small proportion of their characters speaking in the Scottish vernacular.

There's a google sheet here which lists over 200 #TartanNoir titles, authors, etc, with the numbers of Scots speakers noted.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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32% of people speak or read Scots, but there are no Scots-medium schools, no maths textbooks written in Scots, and Scots speakers are under-represented among those who have degree level education.

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Thirdly, over-arching these issues is the education system, some activist teachers are working hard to change things, but the census shows that people who consider themselves Scots speakers are more likely to leave school under-qualified and less likely to go to university that non-Scots speakers.

No health researchers or anti-poverty charities consider the linguistic aspect. Its might just be a weird co-incidence, rather tha causation / correlation, but it deserves some research and analysis, to maybe marginally improve health and deprivation.

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Secondly, there's the health / poverty issue. Where people who consider themselves able to speak or read Scots seem to disproportionately have poorer than average health, and are disproportionately represented in deprived areas.

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Its not a secret conspiracy by librarian's its just hegemony and the dominance of the English language publishing industry.

There ought to be something like the Scots book Council, mirroring the Books Council of Wales or the Gaelic Book Council, to directly address this.

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Firstly, the minimisation of Scots literature in public libraries - 32% of people consider themselves able to speak or read Scots, but only 0.06% of library stock are books written in Scots. Scots taxpayers are paying for their own language to be sidelined in favour of English.

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