LL-L "Idiomatica" 2002.10.28 (10) [E]

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

> From: R. F. Hahn mailto:sassisch at yahoo.com
> Subject: Orthography

> Och, A wis jist ettlin tae say sumhin lik "I'm afraid that ..."  Hoo wuid
ye
> say at (gin at au)?  "A'm feart at ..."?

Ye wadna say that in Scots, as faur's A ken. A kipple o weys o
startin a sentence:

"A dout..."      /V du?/   "I suppose/reckon/guess..."
"A daur say..."  /V da:r se:/ or /dQ:r/ "I dare say..."

Thir can be uized as hale phrases or sentences but ye hae tae
watch the stress pattern with "daur":

"Ay, A dout."       /a:i V du?/            "I guess."
"Ay A daur say."    /a:(j)V 'da:rsI/       "Yes, of course."
"Ay, A daur say."   /a:i V 'da:r se:/      "Yes, I dare say."

an the negative forms:

"A dout no."      /V du? no:/             "I guess not."
"A daur say no."   /V 'da:rsI no:/        "Of course not."

> "Diaphonemics across dialecks" soonds guid (geud?).  Noo ye're truelins
> speikin ma langage!  Bit A unerstaun at there's aye a mids i the sea
atween
> at an whit five echt can accep.

It's "guid". Ye juist gits <ui> -> <eu> afore /x/ or /k/. Like
Andy explained, the pronunciations depends on dialeck.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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