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Thread #138412   Message #3248823
Posted By: GUEST,Elliot
01-Nov-11 - 07:15 PM
Thread Name: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Subject: RE: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Additionally, the "ui" found in "puir" or "buik" has many different pronunciations in West Central Scots, none of which is the French u. It could be ji as in uiss, or je as in uise, or i (as in sit) in abuin, or e (as in German "Reh") as in muisic.