LL-L: "Standardization" LOWLANDS-L, 31.AUG.2000 (02) [S]

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsley at highbury.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L: "Standardization" LOWLANDS-L, 29.AUG.2000 (03) [S]

Sandy writ:

> Ye'r richt in pyntin oot that the'r a contradiction atween the
spellins
> "dae" an "duin", houanever, ye come the the wrang conclusion - it's
no
> "duin" that's ill-spelled, it's "dae"!

A canna gae wae ye thar, Sandy. A niver seen 'dae' spelt 'dui' in onie
leeteratur, no fae the last 250 yeir in Airlann oniehou. Unner ma
seistem, A wud uise -ae at the enn o a wurd fur tae show the ae soond
as -ui- in the mids o a wurd. Bot 'dae' is the 'base form', an fae
thar, fur a reglar paradigm, ye maun chynge 'duin' tae 'daen'. Else
hit aa gits owre complicate.

> Houanever, what's oor chances o cannin get sic spellins accepted?

Nil. That's hou ye hae tae gae wae 'dae'!

> (On a different pynt aathegither, notice the interestin "...gin 't
keep
> aye fresh, an' eence the watter begin ti rin aneth..." - Scots
conditional
> tense)

Conditional or subjunctive? A wud wad subjunctive, the mair (tho) the
baith o thaim haes seemilar forms in Ulster-Scots. The subjunctive is
tae uise in Ulster-Scots efter 'gin' an aa ither lik terms (fur
ensample 'tho', 'the mair' (anither term fur 'tho') an 'ance').

> This, like a lot o ither things, disna ("disna" - richt or wrang? :)

A wud gae wae 'disna' fae the 'emphatic auxiliary' 'div'. Sae ye hae
'daes' an 'daesna' (or 'duisna'?) fae 'daes', an 'dis' an 'disna' fae
'div'. The ae thing gaes wae 'did' an 'daed' an aa.

A'm aa daen wae the text o the gremmar o Scots in Ulster nou, A'l
furthset it in som form in the yeir kiman (coman), sae as yis aa can
lift whit A'm gan on aboot!

Sonse,
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Ian James Parsley

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