Language

In the first chapter of my online novel Hb I have use some words from the Scots Language this link will provide you with an explanation of the language and the dialects within the language as well as a history.

Why did I use it? To some extent because I speak it, maybe not the form that was used as I am from the east coast of Scotland and the scene presented takes place in the west of Scotland, where I now live.

When I construct characters in my head I usually hear them talking first before I know anything else about them. The language the character uses be it Standard English, Scots, American English, Slang and to what extent and in what situations and company the character Code Switches all helps me to build the character more fully.