Lowland Scots/Common phrases
Scots (Germanic)
[edit | edit source]Scots survives in a number of dialects. The North east Central (Fife) pronunciation is marked NeC, North East Scots (Doric) is marked as NE. C ans S for central and southern pronunciations. The unmarked pronunciations are generally used in most areas.
A /t/ between vowels and final is glottalised. This may also occur with a final /d/.
- Scots: Scots
[skots, skOts] - hello: awricht
[A'rIxt, a'rIxt], NE: whit like[fIt l@ik] - good-bye: see ye
[si: ji:] - thank you: ta
[ta:] - that one: that ane
[C and SDat jIn,NeCDat en, at en,NEat in] - no: nae
[ne:, nQNEna] - yes: ay
[AI] - sorry: sairy
[se:rI] - I don’t understand: A dinna unnerstaund
[a dIn@ Vn@rstA:n(d), a dIne Vn@rstA:n(d), a dIna Vn@rstA:n(d)] - I don't know: A dinna ken
[a dIn@ kɛn] - where’s the bathroom?: whaur’s the cludgie?
[WA:rz D@ klVdZI,]. NE: whaur’s the chantie[fArz i 'tSVntI] - generic toast: cheers!
[tSi:rz] - Do you speak English?: Dae ye speak English?
[de: ji spIk INlIS,NEdi: ji spIk INlIS]