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 * the Background section, as well as the History section of the page, is rather short and more information can be added to it
 * The page looks very organized and the contents cover all the areas of the Scottish English the only thing is that more information can be added to these sections. All information is relevant and nothing appears to be distracting.
 * In the section about Scotticisms and Grammatical there appears to be no citations which I will add some.
 * I wrote a little in the Talk section of the Scottish English article and wrote my suggestions that there should be two sections dedicated to consonants and vowels to make it cleaner and organized. Another suggestion was to have on a history or background section since both sections are repetitive.

Background
Scots is a Germanic language which developed from Old English and Old Norse. Also referred to as Doric, Lallans, Scotch and colloquially as Dundonian, Buchan and so on. Gaelic was the dominant language in the Highlands with Scots spoke Lowlands before the 17th century. The treaty called The Act of Union 1707 was signed which encouraged English as the language of those in authority and allowed legal documents to be written in English. It was commonly adopted among the wealthier classes. This resulting shift to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers, often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English.[11] Furthermore, the process was also influenced by interdialectal forms, hypercorrections and spelling pronunciations.[12]

“Scottish Dialects.” BBC, BBC, 5 July 2010, news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastscotlandnorthernisles/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8790000/8790315.stm.