GUTTER SCOTS
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GUTTER SCOTS. A pejorative term for urban working-class speech in Scotland. Sometimes
SCOTS is replaced by a local name, such as
Gutter GLASGOW. It is identified by at least the following features, several of which are not confined to Scotland. (1)
The GLOTTAL STOP, realizing /t/ and less regularly /p, k/ as glottal plosives after vowels and /l, n, r/:
better,
bottle,
try to,
quarter,
tryin' to,
shelter,
keeping,
working. (2) Disyllabic forms with an intrusive vowel: ‘girrul’
girl, ‘wurruld’
world, ‘fillum’
film. (3) ‘H-’ for
th- in ‘hink’
think, ‘hing’
thing, ‘sumhn’
something, ‘nuhn’
nothing, ‘everyhn’
everything.(4) A realization of
thr- as ‘hr-’: ‘hree’ for
three, ‘hred’ for
thread. (5) Generalizing past participle forms as past tenses and vice versa:
Ah never done that;
Ah seen im comin;
Ah gien im aw Ah had I gave him all I had;
Ah've swam further'n that. (6) Other irregularities in verb morphology:
Ah seed im comin;
Ah've brung ye some sangwidges. (7) Multiple negation:
Ah dinna(
e)
waant nane I don't want any. (8)
Never used to negate one event:
Ah nivver done nothin I didn't do that. (9) Double auxiliary
have:
Ye'd've saw im if ye'd've came/If ye'd a came. (10)
Here as an exclamation of surprise:
And here! the shoap wis open efter aw. (11) Repetition of reporting
say:
He says tae me e says,
‘Ah'm no comin’;
Ah says tae him Ah says:
‘Jis shut up!’ (12)
MINCED OATHS as exclamations of surprise:
Jings Jesus,
Crivvens Christ,
Help ma Boab (Help my Bob) Help me God. See
SCOTS.
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