LL-L "Phonology" 2003.04.10 (01) [E]

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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.04.09 (03) [E]

on 10/4/03 0:41 Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote
> Do/did (some) Scots speakers use a bilabial "f"? If so, would it be used
> for every "f" sound, or preferentially in certain words, or perhaps
> preferentially before /u/ or /w/?
Folks in the area of Aberdeen use this in the local dialect e.g. "Fwhoat
is't". If Ian Rankin (Rebus novels) is to be believed the area is known as
"Furryboot Coutnry" and the natives as "Furryboots"......'Fwurriboot dae Ye
come frae ?' for 'Where are you from'.
Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia
"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

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