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Lowland Scots/Common phrases

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Scots (Germanic) Scots survives in a number of dialects. The North east Central (Fife) pronunciation is marked NeC, North East Scots (Doric) is marked as NE. C ans S for central and southern pronunciations. The unmarked pronunciations are generally used in most areas. A /t/ between vowels and final is glottalised. This may also occur with a final /d/. Scots: Scots [skots, skOts] hello: awricht [A'rIxt, a'rIxt], NE: whit like [fIt l@ik] good-bye: see ye [si: ji:] thank you: ta [ta:] that one: that ane [C and S Dat jIn, NeC Dat en, at en, NE at in] no: nae [ne:, nQ NE na] yes: ay [AI] sorry: sairy [se:rI] I don’t understand: A dinna unnerstaund [a dIn@ Vn@rstA:n(d), a dIne Vn@rstA:n(d), a dIna Vn@rstA:n(d)] I don't know: A dinna ken [a dIn@ kɛn] where’s the bathroom?: whaur’s the cludgie? [WA:rz D@ klVdZI,]. NE: whaur’s the chantie [fArz i 'tSVntI] generic toast: cheers! [tSi:rz] Do you speak English?: Dae ye speak English? [de: ji spIk INlIS, NE di: ji spIk INlIS]