LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 13.AUG.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at iee.org]
Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 12.AUG.2000 (01) [E]

At 12:28 12/08/00 -0700, john feather wrote:
>I am puzzled by Stefan's assertion that "AmE petal and Scots pearl come
out
>sounding the same". Do Scots agree?

Not this one.

CW.

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From: "Sandy Fleming" <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L [E]

Alfred Brothers wrote:

> By the way, does this "voicing" occur in any British English or
> Scots dialects?
> It seems to me I've heard Scots English spoken with this sound,
> but it could
> have been by Americans putting on an not-too-good accent. How
> about Low Saxon or
> Dutch?

This voicing in American accents originates in the "Wessexian" dialects
of the south-west of England. In the few texts I've been able to find in
these dialects, this is often actually written, eg, "kiddle" (kettle),
"liddle" (little), "bedder" (better), "tiddies" (potatoes) &c. I guess it's
also
found in the English surname "Liddell"?

Nothing like this occurs in Scots, to my knowledge. You're probably
thinking of the glottal stop, which is a different thing.

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