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Thread #70688   Message #1212950
Posted By: Jim McLean
23-Jun-04 - 11:59 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Braveheart...again
Subject: RE: Folklore: Braveheart...again
Strupag, the name 'Wallace' can be drived from 'Walensis' the Latin used to designate Wales but by William Wallace's time, 'braid Scotch' was the lanuage spoken by poets like Barbour, Wyntoun and Blind Harry, more like old English which later changed with the French influence. The old Scottish language held out and is now commonly called Lallans.