LL-L: "Grammar" LOWLANDS-L, 30.APR.2001 (01) [Ap/E]

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From: fr.andreas at juno.com
Subject: LL-L: "Grammar" LOWLANDS-L, 29.APR.2001 (01) [E]

Ian James Parsley writ:
 "Here the tendency in Ulster Scots, as is probably the case in other
Scots dialects, is to use a noun phrase. Therefore:
     I borrow the book
     I hae a lenn o the beuk, or, I hae a loan o the beuk."

     In Appalachian hit's not odd tae hear "Won't ye gi me the borrae o
yir inkpen?" or some sech.
     Tae "larn" a body a thang or two has come tae mean principally some
haurd lesson, like humility or manners. "A'll larn ye" is wards a body
hates tae hear. Teach is mostly used fer schoolin these days, but a body
cuid still "larn" hisself Frainch or Sarveyin. Sech a ferinstance is
awways reflexive: "A larnt him Sarveyin." "He larnt hisself tae cook, an
still ain't got over hit."
     A don't doubt most o yuins done knowed thishyir, but they might be
some few as didn't. Gin ye read aw this, thank ye.
     A don't doubt most o yuins done knowed thishyir, but they might be
some few as didn't. Gin ye read aw this, thank ye.
     A did read the word "yins" in some or another piece o Ullans writin
tother day. Hit's the same plural fer "ye" at we use, but theys some o us
as pernounces the word [j at nz] an some [jU at nz], so A spell hit "yuins."

Yorn,
+Fr Andreas Richard Turner.

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