LL-L "Orthography" 2002.01.19 (02) [E/S]

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 L O W L A N D S - L * 19.JAN.2002 (02) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Rituals"

> From: Margaret Tarbet <oneko at mindspring.com>
> Subject: S:Rituals
>
> Jings, Sandy, ye're a hard taskmayster :-)   The 'either' spelling
> was only me being captured by English orthography--I saw it right
> after I clicked send, of course :-].   'ayther' or 'eyther' would
> have been my choice--the sound is midway between what those
> spellings seem to represent, to me.  'Aither' would be a more
> conventional choice, I suppose, in the same way 'staun' and 'haun'
> would have been, but they seem 'ower strang', for some reason.   I
> don't know the IPA symbology or its ascii mapping, so I'm afraid I
> can't narrow it down that way.

Margaret,

Whaur fae is your dialeck? Yer clash anent 'either' minds
me o the Borders 'mei' for 'me' an siclike.

A think in the case o 'staun' an 'haun', 'stan' an 'han'
wad be better spellins, tho 'cauld' an 'auld' better spelt
they wey they aye is - dis that soond richt tae you? The
thing is the the soond o 'stan' an 'han' is kin o hauf
roads atween the English soond in thae wirds, an Scots
writers disna like tae leuk ower English on paper, sae
they spell it different juist for the sake o bein different.
But 'stan' an 'han' wad be better, A dout.

Of coorse the'r dialecks like the touns juist tae the north
o me whaur aabody says "au" aawey, an syne thame abuin the
Tay whaur "a" is mair uisual, sae whiles it can be like sax
an six.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
A dinna dout him, for he says that he
On nae accoont wad ever tell a lee.
                          - C.W.Wade,
                    'The Adventures o McNab'

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