LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 16.DEC.1999 (01) [S]

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From: Sandy Fleiman [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject:  "Language varieties"

> From: John M. Tait <jmtait at altavista.net>
> Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 08.DEC.1999 (01)  [E/S]

> Weel, in LAS 3 for Tranent an Elphinstone, at I mynd ye sayin wis
> nearhaund
> yer ain speak, thay hae an upside-doun _v_ (SAMPA [V]) in words
> like _cut_,
> an a script _a_ (SAMPA [A]) in words like _fat_. This wad mean at
> the vowel
> in 'but' is closer nor the ane in 'fat'. Thay dinna shaw onie differ i the
> lenth. I dinna ken if the extra syllable in 'batter' an 'butter' micht mak
> a differ.

The answer ti this is that A should likely a written "[bV?@r]" for "butter"
an no "[bA?@r]"!

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
http://www.fleimin.demon.co.uk

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