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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Andy Eagle</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:andy@scots-online.org">andy@scots-online.org</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">Orthography [S]</span><br>
<br>
Hou's aw?<br>
<br>
A many of you are aware, apostrophes have been a common feature of Scots
writing in the past. Now often referred to as apologetic apostrophes because
they supposedly representing missing letters creating the impression that Scots
is some kind of debased English.<br>
<br>
Common examples are a' rather than aw (all), awa' rather than awa (away),
bealin' rather than bealin (festering), can'le rather than caunle (candle), ca'
rather than caw (call), de'il rather than deil (devil), fa't rather than faut
(falt), fu' rather than fou (full), gi'e rather than gie (give), ha'e rather
than hae (have), mak' rather than mak (make), o' rather than o (of), o'er
rather than ower (over), pu' rather than pou (pull), sa't rather than saut
(salt), ta'en rather than taen (taken), wi' rather than wi (with) and where it
represented the simplification of clusters like /ld/ and /nd/ in words such as
al ' oraul' rather than auld and han' or haun' rather than haund<br>
<br>
What I'm interested in are occurences that you may have come across where the
apostrophe simply makes no sense what so ever.<br>
<br>
One I once saw on a flower seller's bike in Edinburgh was Bonnie floo'ers rather than
flooers orflouers (flowers). Have any you come accross others? I'm trying to
find examples.<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
<br>
Andy</span></span></p>
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