I see this map doesn't include Scots either! :-)

I was probably rushing for the train. A belated hello!

Yes! dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

Oh yes, 'take a class' I see! Sorry for the confusion. I think there might be dialect variation at work here.

😂 Well, after just a year away, I feel like I’ve entirely forgotten how to do this. Even though I’ve been teaching since 1990. Also there is now a 40+ gap in our age and it increasingly feels like a chasm.

I suspect you're not a teacher? 😂

I had a back and forth on X about it too with the person who posted what I shared above. I gave up in the end as I thought they were misrepresenting what the paper said. Not sure why so many people are so invested in this concept.

there's some interesting discussion about your work on FB on Martin Haspelmath's page but I don't know if you're on FB?

The kind of attitudes @savithry.bsky.social and colleagues are up against! 🙄

I know me too, but I think it's a perfectly valid question to ask, and it gives an opportunity to explain what linguists do. I can always counter with 'well, I don't study languages that anybody SPEAKS - I do research on signed languages. I actually I know two quite well, and a little of another'.