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L O W L A N D S - L - 06 April 2010 - Volume 02<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L
"Language varieties" 2010.04.05 (04) [EN]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mark wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Eina! (Ouch!)<br>
There is an error then, as well as an omission, in my version. I can only
object I had it by word of mouth, from two of which informants were referred to
as Scots. This makes me think of a generations-long version of postman's-knock,
or what is that childrens' game where they line up & pass a whispered
message along, & see what daffery comes out at the other end?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And as Scots is forgotten in
Scotland,
phrases crop up in more and more peculiar forms. In one forum I frequent
someone said:<br>
<br>
"Here in scotland there is a saying "Many Mickle make a Mackle"
loosley translates to lots of little things add up"<br>
<br>
This actual phrase is 'Mony a puckle maks a muckle', or 'Mony a pickle maks a
mickle' , and it means 'Many a little (literally, 'grain') makes much.' It's
often misquoted as 'Many a mickle makes a muckle' - confusing mickle, a variant
of muckle, with pickle/puckle. Here already the meaning of the words has been
forgotten and the phrase is just being parroted. But in the above version, as
well as using a plural verb with a singular noun, the form 'mackle' has
appeared out of nowhere. Even the parrot has gone to sleep!<br style="">
<br style="">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">This typing is getting burdensome; I've spent the Easter-weekend
with cordial foemen demonstrating broadsword-play in full-armour with naked
steel. I got a hammered finger. I was a lucky one.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eina! (?)<br>
<br>
John M. Tait. <br style="">
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