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How to pronounce a' and w' in the poem?

 
 
Reply Sun 24 Jul, 2011 01:01 am

Context:

O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That’s sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry:

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt w’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee well, my only Luve
And fare thee well, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sun 24 Jul, 2011 06:16 am
a = all
w = with
but just the first letter is pronounced.

oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 24 Jul, 2011 08:09 am
@PUNKEY,
Thanks
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 24 Jul, 2011 01:53 pm
@oristarA,
The Scots a' is pronounced like the a in the Standard English cat, cat, hat, mat, etc, and the w' is rather like the w in wisdom or water

oristar, you did know that Burns wrote in Scots, not English, didn't you?


parados
 
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Reply Sun 24 Jul, 2011 02:40 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:



And the rocks melt w’ the sun:



"With the" gets contracted and becomes one word.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 25 Jul, 2011 07:07 am
@contrex,
contrex wrote:

The Scots a' is pronounced like the a in the Standard English cat, cat, hat, mat, etc, and the w' is rather like the w in wisdom or water

oristar, you did know that Burns wrote in Scots, not English, didn't you?



Yes, I did.

English is a good tool for explanation, anyways.

Thank you guys.
McTag
 
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Reply Mon 25 Jul, 2011 03:26 pm
@oristarA,

a' as awe

w' (I think that's a misprint) as wi'....part of with
contrex
 
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Reply Mon 25 Jul, 2011 04:00 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:
w' (I think that's a misprint) as wi'....part of with


a misprint or a typo...

Wikipedia: And the rocks melt wi’ the sun

Palgrave's Golden Treasury: And the rocks melt wi' the sun

The Scottish songs, Volume 2
edited by Robert Chambers:

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p29/badoit/Burns.jpg


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