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- From: tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Anthony Wallis)
- Subject: French linguistic influence on Scots.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.211011.17439@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: York University
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:10:11 GMT
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- Ray Dunn (ray@philmtl.philips.ca) :
- > There are certainly quite a few French _words_ that have been corrupted
- > into Scots, but I can think of no influence on the grammar. ..
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- How about spelling ? The usual mis-spelling of my surname, "Wallis",
- (essentially the same as "Wales" - from a Roman semi-derogatory term
- for the Celts, Volcae = aliens) as "Wallace" I blame on a past
- period of French-Scottish coziness.
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- tony@nexus.yorku.ca = Tony Wallis, York University, Toronto, Canada
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