Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

At 3:55:12 PM on Saturday, February 14, 2009, Andrew
Jarrette wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

[...]

>> They are sisters, and they are both Scottish. But even
>> some Dutch people think they're Dutch

> How do you know this? They certainly don't look alike. If
> they are both Scottish, they have weird Scottish accents,
> ones that I don't recognize.

The one on the viewer's left speaks near-RP with occasional
traces of a Scottish accent. The other one speaks a diluted
version of the same basic variety.

Brian