SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 952 Title : on hearin Willie Hunter's Laivin Lerik Herbir, fur d first tym Author(s): Mark R Smith Copyright holder(s): Mark R Smith Text dir tyms afore dt im lisnd, but noo i see dt im nivir herd. i keyn ower weel d tyoon, cn whisl him, athoot tinkin, but dat duzna mean dt im ivir herd him afore, duzna mean dt dir been ony kynd o a cunekshun, whit-so-ivir. tiday i herd, i herd it; herd dt dir a lyf in iviry naut, herd d pain, an d soul, an d sadness, d seleebraishun, d regrets, d nivir duns, d nivir seens d wirds nivir seid; heerin it aa ida nauts, aroond d nauts, atween d nauts trow d nauts. dir tyoons wee mair compleekaitit melodies, with greater variations of rythym, more diverse shifts of key, less formal structures; but naun o dim hae as mukl itae dm as dy tyoon dt i herd daday fur d first tym. i nivir kent dee i nivir saa dee; i’m herd dee naim, ryt eenyauch, but dat’s aa. doo’s tucht me, doe, cuz dir sumthin itae dat tyoon dt im nivir felt afore. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Informed lay people: Other: Self + anyone interested in dialect writing Audience size: 1 Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2005 Word count: 173 Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 868 Forenames: Mark Initials: R Surname: Smith Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1970 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 16 Place of birth: Lerwick Region of birth: Shetland Birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's region of birth: Shetland Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's region of birth: Shetland Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: