LL-L: "How do you say ...?" LOWLANDS-L, 24.OCT.1999 (06) [E]

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From: John M. Tait <jmtait at altavista.net>
Subject: LL-L: "How do you say ...?" LOWLANDS-L, 21.OCT.1999 (01)  [E]

Geordie wrote:

>Objects are typically unstressed and English speakers think of these words
>as him and her. I would call these forms neutral not stressed. On the other
>hand I would only use /hIt/ in Scots sentence initially and then not
>always - I feel it is a specifically stessed form and in some sense not so
>basic as him or her.

Are you sure that these concepts aren't derived from our familiarity with
English orthography (and perhaps its effect on pronunciation) - i.e. we
think of 'her', him' and 'it' as the neutral forms because that's the way
we're used to seeing them written in English?

John M. Tait.

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