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Thread #52503   Message #804223
Posted By: greg stephens
16-Oct-02 - 05:26 AM
Thread Name: What the heck did Burns mean by...
Subject: RE: What the heck did Burns mean by...
If you listen attentively, you'll notice that the word "disturb" is pronounced as if it was spelt "Disturve" by a substantial percentage of the English (and possibly Scottish?) population.The change from b to v is very widely observed historically, but this is an interesting example where you can actually hear the two versions coexisting in the same population.