Traditional Dialect of Wigtownshire
This was classified as a South Mid Scots dialect. One of the differences between the Scots dialects and those of English was the fact that the throaty ch was pronounced in words like "nicht", unlike the silent gh in the English word "night".
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midherr |
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Munnendeh |
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sprreng |
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spring |
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summerr |
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