It's a survival thing ST. I spoke like a ned when I was a young gun, but you grow out of it. Have to switch when I'm scoring herb these days. Seamless transition.
I've been in sheepland ER and there's a fair few there too. I reckon you're a well spoken auld c*unt.
Pretty much ... Not with a nazal whine like a ned, but pretty much a lot of slang scottish wurds n that!
I am actually. I love the English language and it's peculiarities and idiosyncracies. Resorting to nedism is just laziness in my opinion.
This is true ER. I have found grammar has become more important to as I have matured. Not to the point of being a grammar-police-****er you understand..