Talk:Phonological history of the Scots language

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The mixture of X-SAMPA and IPA on this page is very confusing, given that one is supposed to tell which is which just by the font. It should all be converted to IPA, and the Template:IPA used throughout. rossb 22:29, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Should this be rather Scots language phonology? Alexander 007 04:55, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and converted (hopefully correctly) all the X-SAMPA to IPA, using the X-SAMPA article as a guide. --ian (talk) 19:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and moved the article to Scots language phonology. To quote: "Phonetics is more specifically the study of how speech sounds are produced, what their physical properties are...", while phonology is what we are concerned with here. Even more accurate would be Phonological history of the Scots language or some such, because Scots language phonology to me suggests a simple review of the current language's phonology, not the sound-changes from Anglo-Saxon to Scots. See also English phonology and Phonological history of the English language.Alexander 007 14:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redoing Table

I intend to add Aitken's vowel numbers (as used in the article Scottish English) to the table. Thus I have started to separate it into the developement of consonants and vowels. The examples in the tables are of course the modern outcomes of the historical developments. I intend to expand the vowel history to include such information as in the article Middle Scots. Aitken's vowel numbers could be added there too.

Nogger 23:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Anyone in a position to comment on the development of /ð/ and /d/ in murther / murder etc?

Nogger 23:58, 27 May 2006 (UTC)