Talk:Gullane

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Pronunciation[edit]

The Pronunciation of Gullane is usually either ['gʌlɪn] probably a spelling pronunciation and ['gɪlɪn] the traditional local dialect pronunciation.^[1] In 1944, a former Gullane minister mentioned that old folk pronounced it Goolan. In Older Scots 'u' was also used to represent a vowel pronounced /ø/ hence the Scots spelling gude or guid for good, 'oo' being the spelling in Standard English cognates. As a result of sound shifts the original /ø/ became /ɪ/ in Central Scots varieties which would result in the pronunciation ['gɪlɪn].

The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1841)^[2] also suggests a Brythonic origin for the name as an older spelling was Golyn, signifying a little lake.

References[edit]

^ Aitken, A. J. (1972, 2015) ‘Gaelic, Scots and Gullane’ in †A. J. Aitken, ed. Caroline Macafee, ‘Collected Writings on the Scots Language’ (2015), [online] Scots Language Centre http://medio.scotslanguage.com/library/document/aitken/Gaelic,_Scots_and_Gullane_(1972) (accessed 11.11.2015). Originally published Scottish Literary News 2: 2–3 (March 1972), 45–46.
^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vnoLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA203&lpg=RA1-PA203&dq=Its+old+name+was+Golyn+so+called+from+an+adjoining+piece+of+water,+now+drained;+Golyn+in+the+British+signifying+a+little+lake&source=bl&ots=JHVMPI1m06&sig=eHwRsyIRx-ZxgMsh1wRe3iBfCD8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kwmdVcaSEom3-AGB3ILQBQ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Its%20old%20name%20was%20Golyn%20so%20called%20from%20an%20adjoining%20piece%20of%20water%2C%20now%20drained%3B%20Golyn%20in%20the%20British%20signifying%20a%20little%20lake&f=false

[1] Aitken, A. J. (1972, 2015) ‘Gaelic, Scots and Gullane’ in †A. J. Aitken, ed. Caroline Macafee, ‘Collected Writings on the Scots Language’ (2015), [online] Scots Language Centre http://medio.scotslanguage.com/library/document/aitken/Gaelic,_Scots_and_Gullane_(1972) (accessed 11.11.2015). Originally published Scottish Literary News 2: 2–3 (March 1972), 45–46.

[2] ttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vnoLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA203&lpg=RA1-PA203&dq=Its+old+name+was+Golyn+so+called+from+an+adjoining+piece+of+water,+now+drained;+Golyn+in+the+British+signifying+a+little+lake&source=bl&ots=JHVMPI1m06&sig=eHwRsyIRx-ZxgMsh1wRe3iBfCD8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kwmdVcaSEom3-AGB3ILQBQ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Its%20old%20name%20was%20Golyn%20so%20called%20from%20an%20adjoining%20piece%20of%20water%2C%20now%20drained%3B%20Golyn%20in%20the%20British%20signifying%20a%20little%20lake&f=false

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