LL-L "Resources" 2003.10.09 [E]

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Onderwerp: Scots Urban dialects
Van: "NTL" <shoogly at ntlworld.com>
Datum: Vr, 10 oktober, 2003 3:55 am

I was in a shop this afternoon and I saw a new book out. I think it was
called "Scots speak"  and it is an analyses of Urban Scots accents (
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen ). It has a CD ROM of people
speaking and a transcript of what they are saying - with a break down
and analyses of their pronunciation. It looked very interesting. I
didn't have time to take the details or buy it - but is anyone is
interested I can find out. They said they were thinking mostly of drama
so people can study the accents of urban Scots dialects. I looked at the
Edinburgh on most as that is the one that I am most interested in - and
it looks very reflective of true Edinburgh Scots. It had four people
from Edinburgh speaking. One of them was an old guy and he is using some
more "obsolete" Scots and they also had a younger guy speaking and it
was really very true to what I hear often ( I only managed to look at
the transcript and haven't had the chance to hear the recording.) - it
looks good as it is genuine Scots as it is spoken in the Cities and
shows the difference in pronunciation between them - which you don't get
from just reading a book - and shows that it is still a live and active
language in daily use.

Crìsdean Mac Fhearghais / Chris Ferguson

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