Publisher's Synopsis
This book explores ten modern attempts to approach the problem of Scots spelling. Here Andy Eagle analyses each of those proposed reforms, all of which have tried to make alterations here and there where they considered it made sense. This study begins with the linguistic reality, analysing the phonemes of Scots and the various graphs traditionally used for them. It then examines the various proposals for refinement of Scots orthography which have been suggested since 1947 when the Scots Style Sheet was published. Comparing and contrasting traditional graphs with these proposals, Andy proposes a sound, natural-looking com-promise, aiming toward an inclusive orthog-raphy that serves all dialects, and does not favour any one over any other.
