English / Ulster-Scots Glossary

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SourceEnglish / Ulster-Scots Glossary: A Core Vocabulary Wordlist with Verb Tables
AuthorPhilip Robinson (compiled and edited by)
PublisherUllans Press
EditionFirst Edition
Date2013
DownloadsMOBI (Kindle) → EPUBPDF

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  • adj - adjective
  • adv - adverb, adverbial
  • conj - conjunction
  • def art - definite article
  • indef art - indefinite article
  • n - noun
  • n pl - plural noun
  • phr - phrase
  • prep - preposition
  • pron - pronoun
  • v - verb
  • vbl n - verbal noun
  • v neg - negative verb
  • v pt - verb past tense
  • v pp - verb past participle
  • (hist.) - historical, i.e. only attested in older literature
  • (loc.) - local, i.e. this form only current in one locality
  • (lit.) - literary, i.e. older form revived for formal or literary use
  • (occas.) - occasional
  • (joc.) - jocular
  • (emph.) - emphatic, i.e. only when the form bears positional stress

Note on diacritics (accents).

Where accents appear on vowels in Ulster-Scots, they indicate features of pronunciation and can be omitted without any change to spelling (see Spelling and Pronunciation Guide). There are only three recommended for standard use:

a) ï (diæresis over 'i')

This is to represent English short 'i' in words such as 'pig and 'pin' when it is pronounced distinctively in an Ulster-Scots homonym

e.g. pïg/pig

b) ü (diæresis over 'u')

This is to represent English short 'u' in words such as 'pull', 'bush', 'bull' when it is pronounced distinctively in an Ulster-Scots homonym

e.g. büsh/bush [pronounced to rhyme with "hush "]

c) è (grave accent over 'e')

This is to represent an interdental pronunciation of the preceding consonant when followed by '-er'

e.g. eftèr/efter

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