. ▁ ▁" Sc ots - Y idd ish " ▁ ▁Sc ots - Y idd ish ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁given ▁to ▁a ▁Jewish ▁hy brid ▁vern ac ular ▁between ▁Low land ▁Sc ots ▁and ▁Y idd ish , ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁brief ▁currency ▁in ▁the ▁Low lands ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁The ▁Scottish ▁literary ▁historian ▁David ▁Da ich es ▁describes ▁it ▁in ▁his ▁aut obi ographical ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁Edinburgh ▁Jewish ▁child hood , ▁Two ▁World s . ▁ ▁Da ich es ▁expl ores ▁the ▁social ▁strat ification ▁of ▁Edinburgh ' s ▁Jewish ▁society ▁in ▁the ▁inter war ▁period , ▁not ing ▁what ▁is ▁effectively ▁a ▁class ▁divide ▁between ▁two ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁community , ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁a ▁highly ▁educated ▁and ▁well - integr ated ▁group ▁who ▁sought ▁a ▁synth esis ▁of ▁Orth odox ▁Rab bin ical ▁and ▁modern ▁sec ular ▁thinking , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁a ▁Y idd ish - spe aking ▁group ▁most ▁comfortable ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁l ifest yle ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁European ▁gh etto . ▁The ▁Y idd ish ▁population ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Scotland ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁had ▁mostly ▁switched ▁to ▁using ▁English . ▁The ▁cre ol isation ▁of ▁Y idd ish ▁with ▁Sc ots ▁was ▁therefore ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁of ▁the ▁middle ▁part ▁of ▁this ▁period . ▁ ▁The ▁Glas weg ian ▁Jewish ▁poet ▁A . ▁C . ▁Jacob s ▁also ▁refers ▁to