LL-L "Resources" 2007.07.28 (06) [S]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  28 July 2007 - Volume 06

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Resources

Review
Iseabail Macleod & Pauline Cairns, eds., The Essential Scots Dictionary :
Scots-English English-Scots, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, (c) The
Scottish National Dictionary Association Ltd 1996, 3rd ed. 2004, reprint
2006, 370 pp., ISBN 0 7486 2201 2 (paperback), £7.99, US $15.00

A can areddies hear oor Scottish Lawlanders cry, "Och, nae! He's gitten his
hauns on anither Scots dictionar!"

Ay, bit keep mynd o the fact that gey near awthing can be yuised fer guid or
fer ill. A sweer that A'll ettle tae yuise the buik anerly fer the best, an
monie's the better thing that's a bittie sair fer a crack or twa.

An gin ye's nae Scottish yersel ye ocht tae stairt off yuisin this haundie
an affuirdible wee buik tae unnerstaund Scots, i.e. yuise the first pairt
mair nor the saicant (athoot ye's ambeetious eneuch tae ettle at turnin
intae a Scot lik A masel dae). An it's the first pairt whar the dictionar's
glentin a wheen mair.

There's twa parteeclar guid things in this dictionair: (1) dialect merkins,
and (2) a leest o strang verbs.

There's nae yit ae dictionar fer aw needs o aw fowk, bit thir days there's
twa-three that can be yuised thegither, an thegither with twa braw online
dictionars:

Oor Andy's: www.scots-online.org/dictionary/
An historical ane: www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/

There's noo nae mair excaise fer onie ane o us Lawlanders tae nae be yuised
wi the dooble pleisance that's Scots langage an leeterature.

Reinhard (Ron) F. Hahn
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