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Robert Kemp Philp
156
[TEA
FIRST
USED
IN
ENGLAND
A.D.
1698.]
194.
Hints
for
Correcting
the
Scotch
Brogue.
The
same
authority
remarks
that
as
an
Irishman
uses
the
closing
accent
of
the
voice
too
much,
so
a
Scotchman
has
the
contrary
habit,
and
is
continually
drawling
his
tones
from
the
grave
to
the
acute,
with
an
effect
which,
to
southern
ears,
is
suspensive
in
character.
The
smooth
guttural
r
is
as
little
heard
in
Scotland
as
in
Ireland,
the
trilled
r
taking
its
place.
The
substitution
of
the
former
instead
of
the
latter
must
be
a
matter
of
practice.
The
peculiar
sound
of
the
u,
which
in
the
north
so
of
ten
borders
on
the
French
u,
must
be
compared
with
the
several
sounds
of
the
letter
as
they
are
heard
in
the
south;
and
the
long
quality
which
a
Scotchman
is
apt
to
give
to
the
vowels
that
ought
to
be
essentially
short,
must
he
clipped.
In
fact,
aural
observation
and
lingual
exercise
are
the
only
sure
means
to
the
end;
so
that
a
Scotchman
going
to
a
well
for
a
bucket
of
water,
and
finding
a
countryman
bathing
therein,
would
not
exclaim,
"Hey,
Colin,
dinna
ye
ken
the
water's
for
drink,
and
nae
for
bathin'?"
195.
Of
Provincial
Brogues
it
is
scarcely
necessary
to
say
much,
as
the
foregoing
advice
applies
to
them.
One
militiaman
exclaimed
to
another,
"Jim,
you
hain't
in
step"
"Bain't
I?"
exclaimed
the
other;
"well,
change
yourn!"
Whoever
desires
knowledge
must
strive
for
it.
It
must
not
be
dispensed
with
after
the
fashion
of
Tummus
and
Jim,
who
held
the
following
dialogue
upon
a
vital
question:--Tummus.
"I
zay,
Jim,
be
you
a
purtectionist?"
Jim.
"E'as
I
be."
Tummus.
"Wall,
I
zay,
Jim,
what
be
purtection?"
Jim.
"Loa'r,
Tummus,
doan't
'ee
knaw?"
Tummus.
"Naw,
I
doan't."
Jim.
"Wall,
I
doan't
knaw
as
can
tell
'ee,
Tummus,
vur
I
doan't
exakerly
knaw
mysel'!"
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