LL-L: "Orthography" [S] LOWLANDS-L, 03.JUN.1999 (06)

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Andrew Eagle <K27 at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L: "Orthography" [E/S]

Ian wrat:

1) Scots (Ullans)
A wud incours be fur helpan yous mair gin A cud. Yis hae a lok richt
interessan speirs thar, as a boadie man hae a repoen fur.
<sned>
> Bot A daed mairk at he writ tha
>Inglis wird "bruise" as _brees_, at wud kythe sae tha norlin Scottis
>tungin (pronunciation). A'v heirt sic tungins afoer, bot A wis
>thinkan A'd gar yous ken o sic evidence.

Bruise wisna in the SND. Thon disna winner me tho. Shared vocabular
maistlins isna.

Wettstein 1942 (Berwickshire) gies [bre:z] (Aulder fowk haes an Umlaut
abuin the /e/),
This wis shawn alang wi [fle:r] fluir an ither weel kent 'ui' wirds.

The CSD didna hae bruise but Brizz an Birz cf. Gress an Girs. [briz, briz=
,
bIrz *brAIz *bIrs]

The etymology o bruise is AS brysan (lang y) mingelt wi auld Frensh
brisier, bruiser, bruser (tae brak).

It disna seem tae be a clessical 'ui' wird fae AS lang o. Aiblins bi
anology its conceidert ane in some dialects an no in ithers. Tho lucky fo=
r
us we'll mibbie no hae tae airgie anent the spellin. Bruise is weel kent:=
-)

A cuidna finnd oot onie mair wi ma resources but A'll haud ma een open.

>He maed uiss o tha phrase "owre muckle" forby, sae "A dinna ken owre
>muckle o sic things" - is thon i uiss tharawys an aa?


Fae the SND Ulster 1929 M. Mulcaghy. Rhymes o a Besom Man

I hae na muckle warly gear.

Warly shaws the Ulster lown 'd' efter 'l'.

Thare wis monie mair ensaumples o muckle =3D much fae Scotland.

Andy

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