a scottish accent

  • 1accent — 1. The noun is stressed on the first syllable and the verb (meaning ‘to lay stress on, to emphasize’ in various senses) on the second. 2. In general use, an accent is ‘individual, local, or national mode of pronunciation’, as in a Scottish accent …

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  • 2Scottish Crossbill — Taxobox name = Scottish Crossbill image width = 230px image caption = Image of visually almost identical Loxia pityopsittacus status = DD | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia =… …

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  • 3accent — noun 1) a Scottish accent Syn: pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection 2) the accent is on comfort Syn: emphasis, stress, priority, importance, prominence …

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  • 4Scottish English — is the variety of English spoken in Scotland, also called Scottish Standard English. [ [http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/corpus/details/ The SCOTS Corpus contains documents in Scottish Standard English, documents in different varieties of Scots,… …

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  • 5Scottish national identity — is a term referring to the sense of national identity and common culture of Scottish people and is shared by a considerable majority of the people of Scotland. Scottish national identity is largely free from ethnic distinction, and it has been… …

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  • 6Scottish fiddling — Scottish fiddling, even to many an untrained ear, can be distinguished from other Celtic and folk fiddling styles by its particular precision of execution and energy in the delivery. The style has a very large repertoire consisting of a great… …

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  • 7Scottish Gaelic — Not to be confused with Scots language or Scottish English. Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig Pronunciation [ˈkaːlikʲ] Spoken in …

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  • 8Scottish Gaelic alphabet — The Scottish Gaelic alphabet contains 18 letters, five of which are vowels. The letters are (vowels in bold)::a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, uThe five vowels also appear with grave accents, the absence or presence of which can …

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  • 9Accent (linguistics) — In linguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation of a language. Accents can be confused with dialects which are varieties of language differing in vocabulary and syntax as well as pronunciation. Dialects are usually spoken by a group united …

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  • 10Scottish National Antarctic Expedition — Expédition Scotia Le navire de l expédition, le Scotia près de l île Laurie. L’expédition Scotia ou expédition nationale antarctique écossaise d après sa dénomination officielle Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), est une expédition… …

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