LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 16.AUG.2000 (03) [S]

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From: Andy Eagle [Andy.Eagle at t-online.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 14.AUG.2000 (04) [S]

Sandy wrate:
Subject: "Language varieties"

> For a wonder, Andy, ye'v awa an answered a question A wis juist awa ti
> ask!
>
> A haed been writin this as "o't", "wi't" &c in ma Scots because A
> thocht it
> wis mair standart, tho it bathered me hivin ti chynge something that's
> that
> weel-kent in ma airt. Houever, A'v been readin "The Cherrie & the Slae"
> &
> fund that Alexander Montgomerie uizes it aa the time, eg:
<sned>
>A thocht wi sicna grand pedigree A micht start pittin this back inti ma ain
> writin, A juist wantit ti ken what aa airts it wis said in!

A wad say it lik that an aa (Fife/St Andrews). A write it wi 't for the sel
same raison - it's mair 'staundart'.
A pynt thon 'd oot on ma wabsteid tho. A wad accept siclike as pairt o a
'flexible staundart'.
A dout writin 'd wadna scunner the legibility o ocht ye wad write.

Andy

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