LL-L: "Grammar" LOWLANDS-L, 27.JUL.2000 (01) [S]

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsley at highbury.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L: "Grammar" LOWLANDS-L, 20.JUL.2000 (04) [S]

John,

> Like I keep sayin, I think the fashion evenou agin prescriptive
gremmar is
a
> sair problem, cause it gars aabody fleer at guidelines for Scots
gremmar,
> while leavin the English anes mair or less alane. In ither words,
business,
> schuils, etc. winna thole the trendy 'leeberal' approach ti gremmar
an the
> like in English, sae the trendies faas back on Scots ti play
thairsels wi.

Ye'r 100% richt here.

> Mysel, I stertit wi Graham an Robertson's Shetlandic Grammar. Frae
thare
it
> wis easy eneuch ti see whit bitties wis general Scots. In Shetlandic
writin,
> it's maist aften the case at the least leeterary writin - writin at
the
same
> fowk at fleers at gremmar guidelines wad leuk doun thair nebs at frae
a
> leeterary viewpynt - haes the best gremmar, whaurbyes thaim at's
ettlin ti
> WRITE faas intae English gremmar. This is likely a sair problem for
aabodie
> ettlin ti write in Scots.

Ay, an unner "aabodie" ye'r includean thaim as speaks Scots. The'r
juiss no
uised tae thinkan on gremmar, an wrytan Scots. Aa the think on is whit
wurds
the sud be uisean.

> Robertson's gremmar o Ullans is supposed ti be guid,
> but again, I hinna gotten ane yet.

It wud be "Robinson", in fact. Necessar readin this gremmar wud be, sae
much
fur whit he daesna dae richt as whit he daes. Robinson himsel gies owre
at
an "Ulster-Scot" he bes, an no a linguist. It kims clear an aa at he
bes
ettlet at pushan tha view o Ulster-Scots as a leid, an he aft taaks o
Ulster-Scots an this ither leid at he cries "English". Bot A'm niver
owre
sicar whit "English" wud be - maist tims whit he wrytes in Inglis bes
gey
formal, bot whit he wrytes i Scots is mair "Gutter Scots" nor "Guid
Scots".
Sae whit he's ettlet at daean is *maximisean* tha differs o gremmer.
Bot he
says this himsel, at a prescriptiver grammar wud be nott, an at hit wud
hae
tae hae ensamples o seemilarities atween Inglis an Scots, an no juiss
differs.

Aefauldlie,
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Ian James Parsley

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