LL-L: "Romance connection" (was "Morphology") LOWLANDS-L, 04.MAY.2000 (04) [E]

Thu May 4 19:06:10 UTC 2000

Tom,

It is true the French influence is often overlooked. All the examples you
give are valid in Ulster also ('ashet' also occurs in Ulster Gaelic),
although my two favourite ones are 'fash' ('bother') and 'jalouse'
('suspect').

Best wishes,
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