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[edit] Memmers
Memmers comes aboot bi fause analogy wi wirds lik nummer. Ye'll no find memmer in the SND acause that's no whit Scots speakin fowk says. Its Member ['mɛm,bər]. Jimmy 20:08, 21 Augist 2005 (UTC)
A'm sorry Jimmy, A dinna ken that. A jyst thocht that it wis proper fae it said "Memmers" on the offecial wabsteid. :) Nou Uiserr
spaekin as a bodie that wis taen in bi "memmers" an a puckle ither words o the like -- the Scots Pairlament wabsteid gets a wheen o things wrang. For exemplar, on the front page juist, we hae producit an involvit, that naebodie ever says (A jalouse thay shuid be produced an involved). Mendor 10:17, 22 Augist 2005 (UTC)
Here in Ayrshire, we wid say "memmer" and no "member".
- A agree, memmer disnae soond that bad tae me. Juist like "emmers" an "embers"? Phonetic spellins isnae a guid move tho acos whit works weill in a place like Aberdeen isnae gaun tae work sae weill in ither pairts o Scotland whaur the vowel soons etc chynged a different wye fae Middle Scots. Scots haes it's ain literary tradition wi a set o spellins that haes been uised for a lang time nou an disnae need to be uisin a "Scottish ebonics" approach tae mangle Latin an French orthography anither wye fae English. Benarty 18:50, 3 Mairch 2006 (UTC)
- The Scots Language Society website [1] an the Ulster Scots Agency [2] uises "memmers". Benarty 19:09, 3 Mairch 2006 (UTC)
Is that no acause baith thir organisations is at the forefront o developin a "Scottish ebonics"? 84.135.198.127 20:12, 3 Mairch 2006 (UTC)
- A'm no sayin phonetic spellins is aye the richt wye tae dae it (a wee bit's OK IMO in moderation wi the core vocabulary as lang as it works for aa/aw the major dialecks o Scots an if no thare haes tae be variants), but "memmers" is whit a guid few Scots spoken fowk fae sooth o Stonehaven/Stanehive(?) says so that wisnae a "false analogy" for fowk in central Scotland. An wi the -it verb endin thing, fowk in central Scotland dis tend tae say, X wes [verb]-it wi/by Y. Fae whit A can see the nou, SLS orthography isnae sae "Scottish ebonic" as some o yon Ullans folk's. It disnae seem tae me tae mess aboot wi Latin an French orthography the same wye or it didnae in the past oniewye afore A stairtit readin this wiki. Benarty 09:26, 4 Mairch 2006 (UTC)
just a wee aside, it's no raellie central tae the maiter, but A didna say fowk didna uise -it endins, but thay happen whan words end wi a plosive consonant juist (stappit, howkit but produced, involved). Mendor 20:26, 4 Mairch 2006 (UTC)
- Juist tae complicate maiters Scots Tung Wittins uises maimber.
- Jimmy 22:24, 4 Mairch 2006 (UTC)
- In the laund o the glottal stop it's mair o a "t" at the end o "involved" an "produced". Benarty 23:41, 4 Mairch 2006 (UTC)