Short note on grungy

[Douglas G. Wilson]

On 11/6/2011 12:09 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> ....

> http://goo.gl/F4jqf The Existing Phonology of English Dialects. [Date
> not clear, but certainly 19th century UK from the font, but later than
> 1879.] D39 = m.NL. = mid North Lowland = Dr. Murray's /Moray and
> Aberdeen/. p. 776/2
>> 24. /arm/, Jamieson cites "/gardy/, the arm," from Douglas,--/deep
>> revengeful feeling/, the nearest word to /grungy/ in Jamieson is
>> "/grunye/, promontory, mouth ludicrously, a grunt."
> The number corresponds to the passage in "Cromár Examples" (Scotland) on
>
> p. 775, phonetically transcribed. I am not sure why "grungy" is
> mentioned when the word in the text appears to be closer to "grudge".
> But that's just what is meant here.
--

This book uses (see p. 84* in the front) "q" for /N/ ("ng" nasal), so I
think the word is given as /gru:Nji/ or so, like "groong-y".

-- Doug Wilson

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