Sassanach Word used in the English spoken in Scotland, which is directly from the Scottish(Gaelic) language. Sassanach literally meaning Saxon. This originally meant an Englishman. Then as Scottish(Gaelic) lost its footing as the majority language of Scotland(geographically and de facto), Scottish(Gaelic) speakers used the word to describe anyone who spoke any Anglian based language(i.e. the English language as spoken in England, Hiberno-English, Scoto-English/Lallans/(Scots) e.t.c) Nowadays, it has become common in Scoto-English/Lallans (Scots), and is used to refer to English people. Although not explicitly derogatory, some people (notably the English) consider it to be so.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:20:43 +0000
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