LL-L: "How do you say ...?" LOWLANDS-L, 17.OCT.1999 (05) [S]

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From: Sandy Fleiman [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: "How do you say ...?"

> From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsley at highbury.fsnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Submission: LL-L: "Resources" [S/E]
>
> Scots freins,
>
> Lane a quak kestin:
>
> Wud ye say "A set tha computer up" or "A set up tha computer"?

A wadna say aither the twae's wrang, but "A set the computer up" seems mair
naitral Scots tae me.

A dout differs o syntax like this atween Scots an English is ane o the
haurdest things tae be shuir o: A'v tried testin Scots spaekers on the
phrase "knife an fork", ye ken, bi haudin up a knife an fork an sayin
"What's this?" Wi Scots spaekers it aye seems tae be "knife an fork", wi
English spaekers it aye seems tae be "fork and knife". A'v fund ither
examples the neebor o this, but A canna bring them tae mind juist aff the
luif!

Something A've been wonderin aboot is Stevenson's poem "When aince Aprile
has fairly come" on ma wabsteid, whare he says "The hert plays dunt wi main
an micht" - is this juist him nifferin the twae words tae git a rhyme, or is
"main an micht" richt Scots for "might and main"? Or is "might and main"
ower leeterary a expression for this kin o question tae mak ony sense?

Sandy
http://scotstext.org

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