LL-L: "Mutual comprehension" LOWLANDS-L, 12.JUL.2000 (01) [E/S]

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From: Iustin Churchill [mladios at hotmail.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Mutual comprehension" LOWLANDS-L, 11.JUL.2000 (02) [E,S]

John M. Tait  wrote:
>'Craig, time ti gang hame'
>'How?'
>
>No meanin 'bi whit means' but 'whit for'.
>
>Coorse it's possible at 'how' wi the meanin 'why' is uised mair wider in
>ither
>kynds o Scots.

  I haven't really been following this thread, so maybe this will be off the
mark a bit. I thought it was odd having 'how' mean 'why' but then I realized
it's probably the same as "how come" which means 'why'.
  For example: "Hey! How come he got more coffee than me!?" Is this a
related phrase? Is it used in the U.K.? The only sense I can make of it is
that it's like saying "HOW did this COME to be?" = "What cause created this
effect?" = "Why did this happen?".

  Welp, them's my two cents, I'm done now.....
-Justin Churchill

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