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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 29 March 2010 - Volume 01</b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">jmtait</span></span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jmtait@wirhoose.co.uk">jmtait@wirhoose.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.03.26 (02)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mark wrote</span></p>
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<span style="color: navy;">From: Mark Dreyer <<a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy;">mrdreyer@lantic.net</span></a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2010.03.26 (01) [DE]</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Dear John, Andy, Sandy,
All:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Subject: LL-L "Language varieties"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Enough of this talking & writing <b>about</b> the Sheltie
Tongue. I want to hear talk & read writing <b>in</b> Sheltie. You can do it
on the list.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">This the contribution of a would-be reader.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Â <br>
Yrs,<br>
Mark</span></p>
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Well, first of all, the term 'Sheltie' isn't any more appropriate for the
tongue than it is for the people. I suspect that if you were in Shetland and
asked someone to talk in 'The Sheltie tongue' they might reply with neighs and
possibly barks!<br>
<br>
I would find it quite difficult to write Shetland on Lowlands-L, as I'm the
only Shetlander on the list as far as I know. Sandy and Andy are mainland
Scots, and if they choose to write in Scots I will typically reply in Scots -
ie, mainland Scots rather than the Shetland variety - because although I come
from Shetland I live on mainland Scotland and speak that as well, and it's much
more natural to reply in the same language if you happen to be familiar with
it.<br>
<br>
For writing from Shetland, you could always download my old website at <a href="http://www.wirhoose.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.wirhoose.co.uk</a>. Note,
however, that the 'A Tait Wanchancie' section is written in 'bog standard'
mainland Scots, not the Shetland variety. (A good way to tell is that, whereas
mainland Scots uses 'th' at the beginning of words, in Shetland this changes to
'd' or 't' - eg 'dan' for 'then', and 'dere' for 'there'.)<br>
<br>
Also the online poetry collection I already posted is worth a look:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.sdu.dk/%7E/media/3D088DF89C374550A6A3F423725ACCF4.ashx" target="_blank">http://www.sdu.dk/~/media/3D088DF89C374550A6A3F423725ACCF4.ashx</a><br>
<br>
And as I write, ShetlandForWirds have just created a new website here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/index" target="_blank">www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/index</a><br>
<br>
also with audio files, which will doubtless increase. For more audio, there are
these links to Youtube:<br>
<br>
Shetland Fudge Advert:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_1lCZaPWHM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_1lCZaPWHM<br>
<br>
</a>Cradle Song:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY<br>
<br>
</a>Rabbit Song:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpwzqM4A-gs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpwzqM4A-gs<br>
<br>
</a>Lowrie sells his oo:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kglDVOfqNTE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kglDVOfqNTE<br>
<br>
</a>John M. Tait.<br style="">
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