I can't let the last comment go by. Scots is a language in its own right, on the very same level as [Southern] English, since *both* are descended from Anglo-Saxon, but by different routes. and they have different histories. Modern English I think stems from the London dialect of Chaucer, while Scots is mainly from that of the Lothians, where Edinburgh is, and where the Royal Court was. But it's never been able to withstand the assaults of the English Bible, for one thing, and the regrettable idea that English English, the language of the London Court (even though the King was Scots) was the way to talk. So Scots declined into a number of dialects, none of which has real pre-eminence. There is a general sort of way of talking, though; and pronunciation is maybe easy enough. Make all your vowels pure (not many diphthongs), as in (say) Italian; though the "oo" sound can be heard as very close to the French "u" or the German "ue". Don't just trill the R, but RRROLL it. Practise the CH sound of German; and then get started on Burns, for instance. More to come, if you like. Cheers Murray