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  1. Yun makks perfiekt sens ta me, Saanicboy - I doot depooperit's no hed his moarnien choklit yit I hæ a lokk a'riespekt fir de as dominie, bit I doot no joost da sam as prophet. No'at eddir a'wis'll be aboot ta ken
  2. Hit myght verie weel be da Engliesh oagin in ati'da Shætlin as du says. An A'm windrin if d'ir no a Scots equivalent, mebbie ati'da Dorik? "Fit's at?" soonds kynda ryght ta me? Du wid mebbie ken bettir as me, depooperit? D'ir aniddir pierie mættir ta tink apo aswiel, dat (emfatik relativ?) bein da possibielitie'at (non-emfatik relativ?) 'at' athoot apostrofie myght be read as 'at' prepositional, if fokk irna aa dat wint wie Shætlin. So ösin da apostrofie an kontraktin (ja, runnin tagjiddir, Skyumpie ) is mebbie a wy a'doadgin dat an pittin a pierie græn mær readabilitie ati'da skript.
  3. Weel, dere's me - da Dundee een - I'm bön laid up wi een o dis viruses - bit i cood win doon bi da train (dat needs wan o yun buttons - but whit een?) - Waverley 16.51 - laeve 20.11 / 20.31. I widna laek ta say fir definite as I'm still no muckle wirt - bit I wid laek ta shaa willin! Ja, A'll try an win. Joost kynda snaad undir wie wark eenoo. Bit if I wirk trang fæ noo ta dan, A'll mebbie a'ærnt a gless a'IPA (dat's da beer, depooperit) bie dan.
  4. Sorrie, kynda faain ahint, kaas w'ir hed fokk asyd wis. Bit ja, weel, dat is da kruks o'it - is'it a wird in hit's æin ryght? D'ir næ doot'it's relæmoomin ta da Engliesh 'that', an'at hit is a relativ pronown, as LolaB's advysor says. Bit is it ay 'at', in aa instinsis, or wid fokk sumtyms ös 'dat', mebbie fir emfassis, or joost bekaas a'da soond afoar? Da poyint bein if d'ir a kæs a'dat, dan hit is an abbrievieasjin a' 'dat' an da absens a'da 'd' myght be markit - an I mean 'myght' an no 'sood'. An I wid stress I mean an abbrievieasjin a'da Shaetlin wird an no da Engliesh. Da exampil du gies - asyd me - wid be mær læk 'Whit's yun'at I see owir yundroo?' or mebbie (?) 'Whit's yun dat I see owir dær'?
  5. Ja weel, mie graetgraandmiddir ay did kaa me a illtrikkit diel. Bit I dø læk ployin mie wi da apostrafies, tryin ta fiegir whit it is'at's missin (see, der du is, yun wis a 'd' an a 'i'). Hit's mie lætist pierie ortograffik spårt . Bit A'm most blyyd ta hear da Waas fokk didna baal awa aa dir Skaandinavian vowils eddir.
  6. Dat wis aa du hed ta say. Fir if du mynds, hit wis de'at denied dey wir der ava'at startit wis wie dis. An hit onlie took a skoit at æ page an fir de ta fin dem, wheddir du waants ta kaa'it a Aald Norse vowil, or as I dø a Skaandik. An ifkoors d'ir aa Shaetlin soonds, fir dat's da kontekst. I wid joost remynd de a'da fakk'at da term 'Scandinavian vowils' wis ösed bie da Scottish educational boadie ati'da læt 19th C. an'at whar I kum fæ da fokk held on ta dem, whitivir dey kaad dem - ryght up ta da day, i'da kæs a'mie briddir's bærns in Saanis at læst. So whar da soond isna mebbie famieljir t'de, an dösna hæ a pært i'dy soond system, hit is famieljir t'me, an so hit dös ati'myn.
  7. (dat's Emoticonian fir tragi-comedy) Comitragedy micht be mair laek it. I did tink'at I wis pitten dem ers aboot first, ja, an wis gjaain ta edit, bit dan I toght, weel, da fars wis mebbie bettir illustræmoomin yun wy ...
  8. An da Burraboy teddirt among da maas in Banff wid be most weelkim aswiel
  9. D'ir ay room fir a boannie Waas lass laek de
  10. Noo dat's plan, saanicboy. Is du aboot, LolaB?
  11. Just to update, the list of Shetland authors is now over 200 and still growing - and a number of the early articles have been enlarged or amended. But as many of the entries are mere stubs, and many more could do with further information either on the author or their works, there's lots more to be done on the existing 200. If anybody is in a position to help, please do - and if you're unsure how to go about making or editing entries, do PM.
  12. mebbie sood a pittin in a link ta yun, fir onibodie no awaar o'it? http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk
  13. Na na, hit's da tiddir vexation wie me - owir monie bloddie fokk ta see! An naen spaek a wird a Shaetlin. Just Postmodern discourse. Bit ja, LolaB, we mann makk a plan fir a swallie, as da Glessgo boys kaas'it, afoar da nixt akademik year starts, fir eens dat's undirwy A'm smoard till da voar agen. Whit aboot Milne's Bar sum nyght, ati'da blyd lyght a'Billy Tait's smyl? an depooperit, du can add mie t'da fans (no snaadrifts), for whit A'm seen a'dyn is aa been first ræt wark.
  14. Weelkim aboard, saanicboy, w'ir joost been sayin w'ir needin a fift.
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