LL-L: "How do you say ...?" LOWLANDS-L, 20.OCT.1999 (06) [E/S]

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From: Ian James Parsley [parsley at highbury.fsnet.co.uk]
Subject: LL-L: "How do you say ...?" LOWLANDS-L, 20.OCT.1999 (01) [E/S]
John,

I've never heard "so it is" in southern Ireland. It does in fact originate
in Scotland (as can be told from emmigrant letters), but is probably more
common in Belfast and right across the geographical north (i.e. NI plus
Donegal). However, in Dublin it is very rare, substituted by "you know" or
something along those lines.

I have to admit, however, that like you I have never heard an English
speaker refer to "fork and knife". I grew up in London and Belfast with an
London-born father and Belfast-born mother and never heard anything but
"knife and fork".

Best,
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From: John M. Tait [jmtait at altavista.net]
Subject: LL-L: "How do you say ...?" LOWLANDS-L, 18.OCT.1999 (03) [E]

Geordie wrote:
>
>"Sae it is" (stressed "hit" sounds impossible) has perhaps become almost a
>separate pragmatic particle, sae it has.

Is it necessary to assume that the form 'hit' is stressed - i.e. that it is
not pronounced 'it'? In English, we normally write 'him' and 'her' although
we may not pronounce the 'h' in speech, so why should 'hit' in Scots be
different?

John M. Tait.

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