Eliza in Jedburgh when we went to school as late as the mid 1970s it was more than a bit confusing. Some of the staff would regard speaking in Scots as bad behaviour or cheek. I remember being sent to the Deputy Rector, a Mr Allan, for nothing more than saying 'aye' instead of 'yes'. Of course 'aye' is as much an English word as a Scots anway. When I went into Mr Allan's room I was greeted with "weil laddie whit ee been daein nou" and we did nothing more than have a wee chat about the rugby.

The Rector was a Mr Silver who happened to be English but in truth that isn't the issue as Scots were as likely to be against the use of Scots as anyone else. However he is quoted in Murray Watson's book "Being English In Scotland". He is actually talking about how incoming English children could be teased for their accents etc. He then goes on to denounce the local Borders Scots dialect of the locals as "a slovenly form of English with broad vowels".

Of course things have moved on a great deal since the 1970s.