LL-L: "Standardization" LOWLANDS-L, 29.AUG.2000 (01) [S]

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsley at highbury.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L: "Standardization" LOWLANDS-L, 28.AUG.2000 (06) [S]

Scots taakars/speakers,

A'm no sae fasht aboot the spellin masel. Thaim as haes taen a wee
keek at ma ain steid can see A aye bes chyngean ma ain spellins fur
tae gae wae the guid spellins A see on this steid an ithers.

Housomiver, the spellin wud be a gremmatical thing an aa. It seems we
hae loasst mind o that. Sae A hae twathrie gripes masel!

The maist gripe A hae wud be the spellin 'duin'. A can see hou ye'd be
fur spellan it that wey gif ye'r fur a *phonological* spellin, bot hit
haes nae gremmatical grunds ava. The base form o the verb wud be
'dae', sae it maks mair sense juist pittan 'daen' fur the past forms.
Else ye'r juist makan the haill thing mair complicate (or
complicatet!) fae the gremmatical side.

Thai'r twathree things A'm no sae sicar aboot, fur thai wud hae the ae
tungin (pronunciation) in Ulster. Wud it be, fur ensample, 'hairt' or
'hert' - A'm thinkan thai'r a differ, in some baeleids, atween the
baith o them. An the wurd 'gremmar' at kythes abuin - is hit richtlie
'gremmar' or 'grammar'. Wud the spellin 'grammar' no show juist sae
weel at the root vowel is /E/?

Aa the best,
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Ian James Parsley

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