Louisiana gal seeking Scottish male penpal

[khursey]

I live in Baton Rouge, LA, am 60 years old and will be retiring in less than three years. I am looking forward to traveling abroad and in the U.S. In 1980I toured the British Isles and fell in love with Scotland. Unfortunately, we only went as far north as Edinburgh which I thoroughly enjoyed. Hopefully, I will make it to Inverness on my next trip. Our bus driver was from Glasgow and had a very unique accent. Are there different accents/dialects in Scotland just as they're are in different regions of the U.S.? A few years ago a wealthy man from New Orleans established the Highland Games in the small nearby town of Jackson, LA. They have all kinds of competitions, including Scottish dancing, playing the bagpipes, and jabon (sp?) throwing. They even have a family of Highland cattle and sheepherding demonstrations with Border Collies. The games are very popular in this area and always draw a large crowd. Although I am originally from east Texas, I have lived in Baton Rouge since 1979 and find it to have a very rich cultural heritage as it is located in in the center of Acadiana.

[MacCoinnich1320]

Originally Posted by khursey

I live in Baton Rouge, LA, am 60 years old and will be retiring in less than three years. I am looking forward to traveling abroad and in the U.S. In 1980I toured the British Isles and fell in love with Scotland. Unfortunately, we only went as far north as Edinburgh which I thoroughly enjoyed. Hopefully, I will make it to Inverness on my next trip. Our bus driver was from Glasgow and had a very unique accent. Are there different accents/dialects in Scotland just as they're are in different regions of the U.S.? A few years ago a wealthy man from New Orleans established the Highland Games in the small nearby town of Jackson, LA. They have all kinds of competitions, including Scottish dancing, playing the bagpipes, and jabon (sp?) throwing. They even have a family of Highland cattle and sheepherding demonstrations with Border Collies. The games are very popular in this area and always draw a large crowd. Although I am originally from east Texas, I have lived in Baton Rouge since 1979 and find it to have a very rich cultural heritage as it is located in in the center of Acadiana.

I thought someone might have answered this at the time -
First off there are many regional dialects/accents in Scotland and we are officially a tri-lingual nation. So in South and Central Scotland you'll mostly hear Lowland Scots/Scots English and maybe a bit of Gàidhlig, in the North East they speak Doric and Scots English, then in the far North and Western Isles you'll mostly hear a watered down Scots English, Scottish Gàidhlig and in the Northern Isles [Orkney and Shetland] maybe a bit of Scots English/Norn. They are the regional dialects then you have regional accents to contend with too and they vary greatly depending on where you are.

Jabon throwing ??? We have caber tossing over here in Scotland. Is the jabon a huge log by any chance?

Anyway, if you do come back. Inverness is a beautiful city. It is very small but take a walk along the river bank [river ness] on a nice day and you'll appreciate it for all it is. You could also take a day trip out to loch ness. I doubt you'll see much of the monster but the surroundings are amazing. Enjoy.