[Spellyans] <kk> and <ck>

Eddie Climo eddie_climo at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Dec 17 21:12:50 GMT 2008


On 17 Dec 2008, at 17:30, Craig Weatherhill wrote:
> Interesting question.  In the word <bucca>, for example, the  
> traditional spelling in dialect is invariably <cc>.  I think Nance  
> spelt it <kk>.

Actually, Nance 1938 has:
> bucca ...pl. bukkyas

Williams 2006 has:
> hobgoblin. bucka ... pl. buckyas

On the RLC side, Kennedy 2006 agrees with NJAW (bucka), while Gendall  
2008 agrees with Nance (bucca).

Eddie





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