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Thread #150589   Message #3509512
Posted By: GUEST,JHW
27-Apr-13 - 05:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pronunciation Help: Scottish Traditional
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pronunciation Help: Scottish Traditional
I would like to be able to sing a Scots song with it's correct pronunciation. My accent is Yorkshire+Durham, fairly Northern, but I am not Scottish.

Example 'Sheath and Knife'
"The broom blooms bonny, the broom blooms fair...
and we'll never go down to the broom anymair"

If I don't sing anymair it doesn't rhyme. But once I sing anymair rather than anymore should I be singing gang doon rather than go down, faither rather than father etc. But sung by a non-Scot this would be a mockery.
I don't know the answer.