LL-L: "Grammar" LOWLANDS-L, 30.JUL.2000 (01) [S]

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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at iee.org]
Subject: LL-L: "Grammar" LOWLANDS-L, 29.JUL.2000 (04) [S]

At 17:15 29/07/00 -0700, John M. Tait wrate:
>Whither it's haurd as ither fowk's
>dialect (whan the likes o yersel says it) or affectation (whan newsreaders

>says it) or auld farrant (whan aulder Glesca fowk says it) disna maiter -
>it's aye sindered frae ordinar young Glesca fowk's speech. Thay dinna
think
>on it as thair language, but some ither bodie's.

Ay. A think this jist sairves tae show that Scots is deein oot, bit
there's nae pruif needit for thon - A think we aw kent it oniewey.

Colin Wilson.

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                               the graip wis tint, the besom wis duin
Colin Wilson                   the barra wadna row its lane
writin fae Aiberdein           an sicna soss it nivver wis seen
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