LL-L "Phonology" 2002.07.12 (04) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Phonology"

> From: "Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann" <Friedrich-Wilhelm.Neumann at epost.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2002. 07. 11 (02) {E]
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> Hi, Lowlanders, Ron,
>
> Fiete wrote:
> >> some days ago one of You (sorry, cannot find him) wrote about the
> >> substitution of engl. "th" into "f", in Scots.
>
> Sandy answered:
> >Note that this doesn't happen in Scots, nor even in
> >Scotland. It's a purely English of England phenomenon.>
>
> By the way: the adverbial "purely", as You wrote, is just a kind of
> strengthening, I guess, and still allowed to be used in common English?

Fiete,

As I understand it, it's just literal - "pure" as in "not
mixed", in this case I meant it wasn't found in any other
kind of English, other than that spoken in England itself.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
A dinna dout him, for he says that he
On nae accoont wad ever tell a lee.
                          - C.W.Wade,
                    'The Adventures o McNab'
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Phonology

Sandy,

This phenomenon is not totally restricted to England but has also been
observed in Australia, as I had mentioned and Margaret Luck (Australia)
had confirmed.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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