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This Tongue of Mine

My Tongue has been through a lot stuttering for the whole of my years with a Scottish dialect as well which is rather speedy full of fears The quickness of my words so unclear makes others find it hard to grasp needing often to repeat myself Scots and stutter no easy task Having been brought up in Ayrshire in the Robert Burns home countryside where the accent is extremely broad such a variety of tongue's to confide Many a word spoken in Ayrshire's tone to 'ken' is to know, 'whit' means what 'hung' is to hang, 'yon' means there just a few original words to bat! ( I have written this about my Mother Tongue in a few poetic words to describe all that it can involve.)

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Date: 6/3/2019 3:38:00 PM
I do so love the scottish accent when I was growing up my neighbours were scottish and I loved the way they spoke. I am a burns night baby maybe I was destined to write one day!:-) hugs Jan xx
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Gordon Mcconnell
Date: 6/3/2019 3:48:00 PM
Thanks, Jan, glad you liked it and well you were a Burns night babe!! well, must have been destined to write so awfully glad you did. Blessings always, Gordon
Date: 5/29/2019 10:45:00 AM
Dialects within the same country or any country in the world can be difficult to understand and confusing. I know each island Greece, including Cyprus has a different dialect - some you wouldn't think are even Greek when they speak! Long may your lum reek Hugs, Jennifer
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Gordon Mcconnell
Date: 5/29/2019 11:30:00 AM
Thanks Jennifer, glad you liked it and for your interesting summary concerning the Greek dialect, Have a good one, Hugs and blessings, Gordon

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