Re: [tied] De Vulgari Regularitate (earlier: substratums)

From: CeiSerith@...
Message: 14848
Date: 2002-08-30

In a message dated 8/30/2002 2:07:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, bar_iona@... writes:


Could it be that you're speaking Scottish English?
Only last week I read an article where it is said the
following (about Scottish English):


   That could be its source.  I just think it sounds pretty.  I was interested to note that Scottish English doesn't pluralize nouns with numbers; that seems like such a sensible thing.  I know that this is common in Celtic languages; would the Scots have picked it up from the Gaels, or is there a good English explanation for it?

David Fickett-Wilbar