I would say
that Scots is more of a dialect (or a range of dialects) than a true language. Linguists would disagree with me, but apart from a few grammatical differences in word order, most of the time the only changes are word-for-word.

I do like Scots words, and indeed speak the dialect with friends, but can and do speak more or less standard English when appropriate.

@chickenlady - if you pronounce Auld Lang Syne with an 's' sound then you know you're a Scot!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jul 2008, 10:29, Reply)