LL-L: "Grammar" 27.JUN.2000 (04) [S]

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From: Andrew Eagle [K27 at compuserve.com]
Subject: Online resources [S]

Anent wir raicent ongauns aboot gremmar.
Here's a wee bittie that micht could be o interest:

Taen fae:
Scottish Accents and Dialects bi A.J. Aitken
Language in the British Isles, Peter Trugill (Ed.)

p.104-105

The syntax of verbs differs from SE:

Indicative: They say he's feart (/firt/ 'scared')
                     Thae laddies says he's feart
                     Them that says he's feart
                     They were feart
Habitual: Every time I sees him I aye thinks that
Narrative: 'Heh! Wullie!' he shouts and belts aff efter him

Andy

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