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Thread #97751 Message #2801778
Posted By: Tootler
02-Jan-10 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Tune Info Req: 'Auld Lang Syne'
Subject: RE: Tune Info Req: 'Auld Lang Syne'

So 99% of singers are wrong are they?

In short, yes.

My Scots mother and my Scots grandparents were always very insistent that we sing "Syne" not "Zyne". It is a Scots word and you should accept that the Scots know how to pronounce their own words.