[Spellyans] <kk> and <ck>

[Craig Weatherhill]

I wonder why Nance had -cc- in the singular and -kk- in the plural?

Craig

On 17 Kev 2008, at 21:12, Eddie Climo wrote:

> 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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