LL-L: "Language planning" LOWLANDS-L, 11.OCT.2000 (05) [E]

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From: Thomas [t.mcrae at uq.net.au]
Subject: LL-L: "Language planning" LOWLANDS-L, 10.OCT.2000 (02) [E]

> From: Lowlands-L <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L: "Language planning" LOWLANDS-L, 10.OCT.2000 (02) [E]
>
 Andy wrote:
>
>> If I remember correctly, in
>> Dundee, Market Gate is spelt 'Market Gate' at one end and 'Market Gait' at
>> the other. This being, as far as I know, the only spelling 'gait' of the
>> many gates in Dundee.
Edinburgh's famous Canongate is another good example. As a kid I thought it
referred to the portal through which cannon were run, in fact it refers to
the old pathway walked by monks in the area and was originally The Canon
Gait. In this instance Gate is a corruption.

Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
"Oh wid some power the Giftie gie us
Tae see oorselves as ithers see us"
Robert Burns--

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