LL-L "Morphology" 2004.07.14 (01) [E]

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From: D.M.Pennington <dmpmos at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2004.06.22 (02) [E]


Sirs:

As regards the plural of fthe English "shoe", my grandmother (born 1902)
used to use the north-west England Lancashire dialect "shoen" in the plural.

The Lancashire dialect, which is also my native dialect, also uses the Old
English for "she", namely "he" which was pronounced with a long "e" rhyming
with modern English "day".

The present Lancashire dialect pronunciation of the Old English feminine
third person singular personal pronoun differs to that of the Old English in
that the vowel sound has shifted to the "schwa" sound.

Hence mayt southern English speakers think that Lancashire dialect speakers
are saying "her" instead of "she".

The "standard" English: "She has a new husband" would sound to a southerner
like: "Her's getten a new mon."!.

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