Scots and English in the Middle Ages

english borrowed quite a few words from dutch in the middle ages. And that process continued into the early modern era. The term netherlands really emerged in the 15 hundreds. It's a slightly anglicized version of the dutch term neterland, literally low land. We also have another similar term for the same basic region, the low countries. In scotland, the scots form of speech was traditionally spoken in the low lying areas of southern scotland,. opposed to the highlands where the celtic gallic language was spoken. For example, if you enjoy a delicious scone or scawn, depending on your pronunciation, youare enjoying a type of