LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.24 (09) [S]

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From: Tom Maguire <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.24 (02) [S]

> From: Brian Holton <ctbah at polyu.edu.hk>
> Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.23 (07) [S]
>
> ay Tam, the'r different dialects o Scots. tak a wee keek at the
Introduction
> ti the Concise Scots Dictionary, an it'll airt ye ti the thing in mair
> detail.
>
> for Sassunachs an ithers, Scots dialects ir:
> South-East (Border Country an Dumfriesshire, but juist a wee bit o
> Peeblesshire)
> South West (Gallowa an therawa)
> East Central (south) Embro, Fawkirk, Stirling an roon aboot
> East Central (north) Fife, Dundee, Perthshire.
> West Central Glesga an roon aboot
> North-East Aiberdeen an roon aboot
> Northern Caithness, Orkney, Shetland
> Ulster (roon aboot Bushmills - whaur they mak yin o the best whiskies
gaun,
> tae!)
>
> yours aye
>
> brian
> Brian Holton
> Assistant Professor, CBS
> The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Thanks fur the leads, Brian. There's a nice wee map on yin o' the sites,
in colour an aw, that gies ye all the different dialects.

Scots widnae be a language if it didnae hae dialects, so here's tae
dialects.

Tam
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From: Tom Maguire <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.24 (02) [S]

> Ye wrote:

> I guess its wan o the problems facing Scots as a langage, is it's
> gie herd tae unify it intae yin langage - mind, shuid ye? Tha's a hael
> different debate, fur fowk far brighter as me! Wan o ma favourite accents
/
> dialects is Shetlandic, mainly fur the stronger Norse & Gaelic infuences
his
> geen it a mair "sing song" lilt.
>
> Oniewise, ah the best,
> James (Fortune)

Hello James,

As ah wis jist sayin tae Brian, here's tae dialects fur they show tha'
the language is living and no deid.

Anither concern is whit the staunart should be fur writing it - tha's ma
big problem fur noo. Ach weil, back to they gid wabsites yir aw tellin'
me aboot.

ah the best,

Tam
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From: Tom Maguire <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2003.10.24 (05) [S]

> From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
> Subject: "Language use"
...
>
> I dinna think ye shoud be feared tae sinder yersel fae yer dialck in yer
> writin - as weel as cannin write mair uiniversal Scots, it maks it a sicht
> aesier tae tak on a braider Scots vocabular that ye'r gaun tae need gin
ye'r
> ettlin at writin Scots abuin an ayont the "kailyaird" variety.
> Sandy
> http://scotstext.org/

Hello tae ye all,

Thanks fur the detail, Sandy.

Masel, a get a wee bit doilt when a get ower much information ootwi a
context, an a recognise a'm no up tae writing the language ower weil. A
gree wi ye that a'll probably hiv to read mair in Scots, that's the wey
tae learn to write.

By the wey, a find that yir online English-Scots dictionary is a gey big
help whin coupled wi the sounds in ma heid.

Keep up the gid work on that website o yours.

ta-ta the noo,

Tam
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