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Scottish English is the variety of English used in Scotland, considered by some to include traditional (Lowland) Scots, and by others to be distinct from it, despite overlap. A compromise with the English of England began to emerge after the Act of Union in 1707, when many among the upper and middle classes began to take on the pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary of so-called refined London. The Scottish aristocracy became socially and linguistically indistinguishable from their peers in England, while the middle class developed a shaky compromise.
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