tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post24742314027075850..comments2024-02-18T17:35:25.382+00:00Comments on Bloggin fae the 'Burn: <i>Ulster-Scots thoughts</i>: Making sense of the Census – the language question?Mark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-69352074840608147262017-07-19T13:15:19.880+01:002017-07-19T13:15:19.880+01:00According to Barry McCrea in his book Languages of...According to Barry McCrea in his book Languages of the Night (p. 148 fn 5) 'for some reason an unusual amount of obviously English-speaking Protestant families, all over the country, returned themselves as Irish-speaking monoglots in 1901 and 1911'. He doesn't give details, unfortunately, but this doesn't entirely align with the account in this blog post. First these returns were not scored out as they were in Portavogie. Second, this phenomenon was apparently seen in various parts of the island so that the 'Ulster Scots' explanation seems less than fully adequate. Wilson McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00092348358440138504noreply@blogger.com