Michael Flynn has his heart in the right place, defending Scots vocabulary and pronunciations (Topic of the week, Letters, February 3).
Michael Flynn has his heart in the right place, defending Scots vocabulary and pronunciations (Topic of the week, Letters, February 3).
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His suggestion that "dreich" should be spelt and pronounced on a German principle is agley, though. English, Scots and German are related but have different histories. While German "ei" gives the sound in "stein", and English "ei" gives "veil", Scots "ei" is as found in "dreich". "Dreich" comes from "dree" – to endure.
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Michael Flynn has his heart in the right place, defending Scots vocabulary and pronunciations (Topic of the week, Letters, February 3).
His suggestion that "dreich" should be spelt and pronounced on a German principle is agley, though. English, Scots and German are related but have different histories. While German "ei" gives the sound in "stein", and English "ei" gives "veil", Scots "ei" is as found in "dreich". "Dreich" comes from "dree" – to endure.
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