LL-L "Semantics" 2002.06.28 (02) [E]

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From: John M. Tait <jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2002.06.06 (06) [E]

Ron wrote:

>So we get:
>
>English:                Lowlands
>Mainland Scots:         Lawlands
>Ulster Scots:           Lallans
>Shetlandic:             Laich Laands

I think it's worth pointing out here that _laich_ is a general Scots
word, not
uniquely Shetlandic. (There is a theory that the only 'lake' in
Scotland, the
Lake of Menteith, is a mistranscription of Laich of Menteith - ie. the
low land
where the _loch_ lies.) On the other hand, I am not aware of a word
'law'
(which in my dialect should be pronounced 'laa' [la:]) in Shetlandic. I
think
that 'laich lands' would do equally well for general Scots, but I can't
see
'laa lands' meaning anything in Shetland. (Sometimes such differences
between,
say, Shetlandic, Scots and Ullans are as much owing to the choice of
translators as to substantial differences in the dialects or languages.)

John M. Tait.

http://www.wirhoose.co.uk

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