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How Much Scots Do They Speak in the Bahamas?

How Much Scots Do They Speak in the Bahamas?. Robin Sabino & Mary Stephens Diamond Auburn University SECOL XLIII April 6-8, 2000. Overview. San Salvador Farquharson History: Clan, Family, & Personal Farquharson’s Dialect Current Dialect of San Salvador. San Salvador, Bahamas.

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How Much Scots Do They Speak in the Bahamas?

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  1. How Much Scots Do They Speak in the Bahamas? Robin Sabino & Mary Stephens Diamond Auburn University SECOL XLIII April 6-8, 2000

  2. Overview San Salvador Farquharson History: Clan, Family, & Personal Farquharson’s Dialect Current Dialect of San Salvador

  3. San Salvador, Bahamas

  4. San Salvador Map adapted from Gail Saunders 1983. Bahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves. London: MacMillian Caribbean.

  5. Farquharson - Clan History • Farquharson clan recognized 1697 • Renowned for military prowess • Renowned for loyalty to Scotland • Clan motto, “Fide et Fotitudine” • Ancestral home in Aberdeenshire

  6. Farquharson - Family History Know all men by these Presents we Charles Farquharson of the Parish of Kirriemuir and County of Forfar Francis Farquharson of Mill(t)on of Bruickly in the Parish of Glenmuick and County of Aberdeen Murray Farquharson late Captain in His Majesty’s First West India Regiment of Foot residing at Redclock and Ian Farquharson and Catherine Farquharson both of Store Haven in Parish of Fetteresso and County of Kincardine.

  7. Ian & Catherine Farquharson http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KCD/ParishMap.html

  8. Francis Farquharson http://www.urie.demon.co.uk/genuki/ABD/parishmap1.html

  9. Charles Farquharson http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/genuki/ANS/ansmap.html

  10. 1760 born in county Forfar 1789 acquired four 40 acre grants on Long Island 1795 purchased 60 acres on Watlings Island (San Sal) from Duncan Taylor 1803 received a grant of 200 additional acres Served as Justice of the Peace of San Salvador 1831-32 Farquharson’s journal of estate activities Died 1835 Farquharson’s Personal History

  11. Farquharson’s Dialect /I/

  12. F’s Journal English Abd. Kcd. Frf. San Sal chist >chest= [es(t)] drisiling >drizzling= [drIzIlIn] ~ [drIzlIõ] minites >minutes= [mInIts] pigon >pigeon= [pI®In] prity >pretty= [I] [prIti] shiped >shipped= [I] ~ [e] [I] ~ [e] [šIp(t)] skined >skinned= [I] [skIn(d)] strick >strike= [straik] striped >stripped= [strIp(t)] triming >trimming= [trImIn] ~ [trImIõ] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /I/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  13. Farquharson’s Dialect /E/

  14. F’s Journal English Abd. Kcd Frf. San Sal bests >beasts= [i] ~ [e] [e] ~ [e]  [bis]~[bist] felling ‘falling’ [a] [a] [f lIõ] ~ [f lIn] reff ‘reef’ [rif] repeted >repeated= [ripited] repeted >repeated= [ripited] shep ‘sheep= [i] [šip] ventor >venture= [venž] ~ [wenž] wemon >women= [Z] [womæm] whewls >wheels= [i]  [i]  [vilz] ~ [wilz] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /E/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  15. F=s Journal English Abd. Kcd Frf San Sal >late= [e] leat [e] [let] leatly >lately= [letli] mearly >merely= [merli] pease >pea= [e] ~ [i] [piz] not used seain >seine= Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /E/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  16. Farquharson’s Dialect /A/

  17. F’s Journal English Abd. Kcd Frf. San Sal anckle >ankle= [æõkl] ~ [aiõkl] bracking >breaking= [a] ~ [a] [brekIõ] fadom >fathom= [a] [fedžm] ~ [fædžm] faverable >favorable= [fevrIbl] ~ [fevrIbl] Farquharson >Ferguson= Harcules >Hercules= [hžrkžliz] ~ [herkuliz] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /A/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  18. F=s Journal English Abd. Kcd Frf. San Sal pomato >palmetto= [palmato] ~ [pa(l)meto] pastor/pastor >pasture’ [past ž] ~ [pæst ž] rack >rake= [riek] rack >rock= [rk] shad >shed= [šed] vassel >vessel= [vesl] wrack >wreck= [a] [a] ~ [e] -- Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /A/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  19. Farquharson’s Dialect /O/

  20. F’s Journal English Abd. Kcd Frf. San Sal altho >although=  [aldo]~[ldo]~[alo] bon >bone= [i]  [bn] brock >broke= [U] []] ~ [U] [brok] foll >foal= [o] [o] ~ [o] [f l] ~ [fol] gon >gone= [e] ~ []] [g]n] of >off=  []] ~ [a] []]  [f] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /O/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  21. F’s Journal English Abd. Kcd. Frf. San Sal pomato >palmetto= [palmato] ~ [pa(l)meto] rowe >row=  [rau] spock ‘spoke(n)’ []] [spok] showing ‘showing’ [o] [o] [o]  [šowin] ~  [šowiõ] throw ‘through’ [ru]~[tru] threw ‘through’   [ru]~[tru] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /O/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  22. Farquharson’s Dialect /U/

  23. F=s Journal English Abd. Kcd. Frf. San Sal bruse >bruise’ [I] ~ [i] ~ [u] [i] [ø] ~ [I] ~ [œ] [bruz] ~ [brus] crue >crew= [u]  [kru] foules >fowls= [U] ~ [u] [iu]~ [(j)u] [U] ~ [u] [fauls] shours >showers’= [u] [u] [šauwžz] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /U/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  24. Farquharson’s Dialect /^/

  25. F=s Journal English Abd. Kcd Frf. San Sal cups >coops= [kžb]~[kžp]  cuting >cutting= [ž] [kžtIõ] duble >double=  [džbl] dum >dumb=  [džm] futer >future=  [fjuž] ~ [fjužr] super >supper= [ž] [sžpž] ~ [sžpžr] enterupted >interrupted=  [Intžržp] ~ [Intžržpted] Italics = Linguistic Atlas of Scotland /^/ Non-italics = The English Dialect Grammar

  26. Bibliography Craton, Michael and Saunders, Gail. 1992. Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, Volume I. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ----. 1991. On Slavery’s Margins: The Farquharson Estate, San Salvador, Bahamas. Slavery and Abolition 12:2:49-72. Farquharson, Charles; McDonald, Ormond (ed.). 1957. A Relic of Slavery: Farquharson’s Journal for 1831-32. Nassau: The Deans Peggs Research Fund. Gerace, Kathy. 1982. “Three Loyalist Plantations.” Florida Anthropologist 35:4:216-22 Holm, John and Shilling, Allison. 1982. Dictionary of Bahamian English. Cold Springs, NY: Lexik House. Holm, John. 1980. “African Features in White Bahamian English.” English World-Wide 1: 45-65. ----. On the Relationship of Gullah and Bahamian. American Speech 58.4:303-318. Saunders, Gail. 1983. Bahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves. London: Mcmillan Publishers. Mather, J. H. and Speitel, H. H. 1986. The Linguistic Atlas of Scotland, Volume III. London: Croom Helm. Warrack, Alexander. 1965. Scots Dictionary: Serving as a Glossary for Ramsay, Fergusson, Burns, Scott, Galt, minor poets, kailyard novelists, and a host of other writers of the Scottish tongue. University of Alabama Press. Wright, Joseph. 1968. The English Dialect Grammar. Oxford: University of Oxford Press.

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