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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE |
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE |
Here it is, folks! An easy guide on how to talk like Duncan MacLeod!! JUST KIDDING!!!When I was writing "Swords at Sunset", a friend of mine gave me this guide, saying that it would make the dialogue in my story "more authentic". I don't know where she got this from. Nevertheless, she was right, although it was hell to write and spellcheck that first time. I've finally gotten used to it, but I'm not using all the words listed here.
To those of you who have been having difficulty reading my stories because of this, I hope this guide will make it easier for you this time around. If any of you writers want to use this, you have my permission. But PLEASE give this site credit. That's all I ask.
Big thanks to CHARLOTTE FORD for the picture gracing this page.
| 'afore. . . .before
a'. . . .at abou'. . . .about ain. . . .own an'. . . .and aneuch. . . .enough aught. . . .anything aye. . . .yes auld. . . .old brither. . . .brother cad. . . .could cadna. . . .couldn't cauld. . . .cold deil. . . .devil didna. . . .didn't dinna. . . .don't e'en. . . .even e'er. . . .ever e'ery. . . .every faither/faether. . . .father gae. . . .go guid. . . .good haud. . . .hold het. . . .hot hoor. . . .hour i'. . . .it ither. . . .other ma. . . .my mair. . . .more mairrit. . . .married maist. . . .most mak. . . .make mither. . . .mother mon. . . .man na/nay. . . .no |
ne'er. . . .never
no'. . . .not nocht. . . .nothing o'. . . .of o'er= over oop. . . .up oor. . . .our ou'. . . .out sa. . . .so sarry. . . .sorry shartly. . . .shortly sud. . . .should ta. . . .to tauld. . . .told tae. . . .too tak. . . .take teuk. . . .took tha'. . . .that thegither. . . .together thin'. . . .thing 'til. . . .until 'tis. . . .it's 'twas. . . .it was verra. . . .very wad. . . .would wadna. . . .wouldn't wark. . . .work warld. . . .world weel. . . .well whan. . . .when wi'. . . .with winna. . . .won't ye. . . .you yer. . . .your yestreen. . . .yesterday |