LL-L "Orthography" 2002.02.05 (02) [S]

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From: "Andy Eagle" <andy at scots-online.org>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2002.02.04 (09) [S]

John M. Tait wrate:
<sned>

> Coorse, the /x/ phoneme is bein tint in Scots. Youngers frae the Glesca
> area canna say it (ye want ti hear thaim tryin ti say 'Loch Oich').
> Coorse, ye coud threip at youngers frae Glesca disna speak Scots
> oniewey, but that wad be anathema ti aa thae 'lounge linguists' I girn
> aboot, at thair careers hings on regairdin aathing spocken North o the
> border as Scots - speecially SSE, cause that's aa maist o thaim can
> speak.

Is 'tint' the richt wird. A wadna conseeder the loss o /x/ as onie kin o
organic langage chynge but straucht forrit langage replacement.
English forms replacin Scots anes mair or less ower ae generation. Whaur
thare's nae English cognates o course the /x/ bides in the wirds but e'en
nou /k/ for /x/ is spreidin in urban airts.

Andy Eagle

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