LL-L: "Phonetics" [E/S] LOWLANDS-L, 26.SEP.1999 (03)

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From: John M. Tait [jmtait at altavista.net]
Subject: LL-L: "Phonetics" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 25.SEP.1999 (03)

Andy, twa-three thochties on yer phonetics:

>One symbol I have come across doesn't seem to be on my IPA chart. Maybe its
>no longer used.
>It looks like an undotted small 'i' written in 'joined-up-writing'.
>
>It is appartantly a Caithness Scots pronunciation of <ee> usually /i(:)/.
>The sound apparently also occurs in some varieties of Insular Scots in
>words like 'pit'.

Div ye ken whit kynds o Insular Scots? In Shetlandic, 'pit' is sayed wi a
soond awfu like the 'shewa' soond - i.e. mair open nor [I] in SSE 'pit'.
Words wi <ae>, like 'paet' haes a soond mair like the [I] soond. Houaniver,
this aa chynges afore vyced consonants.

>I'd appreciate any suggestions what the "undotted small 'i' written in
>'joined-up-writing'" represents.
>
>IPA 326 'Reversed Epsilon' Also occurs in Insular Scots.

Again, coud ye gie's onie ensamples? Is this whit's shawn bi [3] in SAMPA?
>
>IPA  313 `Reversed Cursive A' An Insular Scots pronunciation of <oa> as in
>'coat'. Also an Ulster Scots (County Down) rendering of <au>.

In Shetlandic, 'coat' is said mair or less like 'cot' in Scots. Is this
character no the same ane at's shawn bi [Q] in SAMPA? Tho I wad hae thocht
the soond in Shetlandic <cot>=<coat> wis mair like [O] - i.e. no as open as
[Q].

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