 Scottish English is a broad notion for the varieties of the English language spoken in Scotland. It can be described as a bipolar linguistic continuum with broad Scots at one end and standard Scottish English at the other. The formal variety spoken by educated Scots is referred to as standard Scottish English. It is not to be confused with Scots, which is usually spoken by the working class. However, more dialect divisions with individually different linguistic features can be distinguished along the continuum. Besides some grammatical and lexical differences, the most obvious distinctive linguistic feature is pronunciation. Scottish English is highly rotic. That is, the R is overtly realized in a post-vocalic environment. Further differences appear in the vowel system. Due to the fact that Scottish English is rotic, it has fewer vowels than other varieties. In addition to this, Scottish English has merged the back vowels leading to new homophones. Let us listen. Finally, here are some examples with special consonants. As in Loch or in traditional Scottish names is a special feature of Scottish English. The Scottish R sound is usually pronounced as an alveola flap and non-initial T is often realized as a glottal stop.