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2026-03-30 16:06 UTC
@stancarey I'd imagined that there would be the same kind of linguistic shaming, although I'd hoped to hear that independence had led people to have more pride in their local idioms.
We'll have to remember in Scotland that the colonized mindset can persist for generations after independence.
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie 2026-03-30 16:16
@bodhipaksa The colonized mindset can also mutate into the wannabe-colonizer mindset, as we're seeing with mass property-hoarding and rental exploitation in a housing emergency. The linguistic shame diminishes, but slowly. Sharing my appreciation for and interest in Irish English dialect is a longstanding aim of my blog.