Lowland Scots/Common phrases

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]