And just to be utterly pedantic, there is a soft 'r' in the western Isles,
which sounds a bit Irish. The Orkneys have something different again (prob.
the Shetlands too, but I've not been there.) I used to think that the Scots
'r' was quite distinct from the Italian, but I realise now that it's the
vowels, coming in and going out, that make the difference.
john (who still holds off, irrationally, from becoming a citizen of
lovely lovely Canada, in the mad hope that Scotland will aquire some sort
of official citizenship, pathetic foolish dilemma.)
At 02:17 PM 11/18/00 +0000, you wrote:
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>Outside the UK, England is usually used to mean the whole of the United
>Kingdom, and that really annoys us Scots! :-)
... Most Scots basically use the Italian 'R', but make it
>shorter; some Scots use the English 'R'.
>
>Regards, Sheila
>
>Mezzo-soprano, Edinburgh, Scotland
>www.sheila@s...
John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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