LL-L "Phonology" 2004.09.05 (04) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Phonology" [E]

> From: David Barrow <davidab at telefonica.net.pe>
> Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2004.09.03 (07) [E]
>
> But I'm curious about the pronunciation /tQ:?I/  That would make it
> sound more like 'taughtie' to English ears. Isn't Scottish  English
> short  'a'  /a/ ? Is it different in Scots

Scottish English is a very standard form of language, whereas Scots varies
dialectically from region to region. So, yes, Scots pronunciations are
generally different from Scottish English pronunciations even with the same
speaker and words that are perfect cognates.

The vowel sound of "tattie" is indeed pronounced "taughtie" in my dialect.
Indeed, in my region (the Lothians) the /a:/ sound isn't used and it's /Q:/
in all words - although since I'm in the south of the populated part of the
region there is some influence from the Border dialect and I waver between
the two a bit.

In many other dialects it's the /a:/ that takes precedence, hence typical
Scots pronunciations of 'watter', 'wrang', 'sang', 'Tam' &c.

Note also that /a/ is sometimes also pronounced /ai/ is Scots versions of
Scots/English cognates - for example, 'faither' or 'fahther' - as usual,
apparent correspondences between Scots and English phonemes are only
partially predictible.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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