Brander Ha
Brander Ha' is in Farfar ('Forfar') in Angus. The Inglis for ha is "hall." In Aulder Scots the word wad'a been spellt 'hal' - the 'l' bein a vowel length marker that shawed Scots readers it wis soondit as 'aw'. Efter 1700, whan the Soothren leid cam mair in fashion in Scotland, a puckle fowk stertit eikin the 'apologetic apostrophe' tae shaw whaur a letter wad be wantit in Soothorn, even tho the war naething wantin in the Scots word. Nooadays, the word wad be spellt either haw or haa in Scots.
Photie taen bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch.
Brander Ha
Brander Ha' is in Farfar ('Forfar') in Angus. The Inglis for ha is "hall." In Aulder Scots the word wad'a been spellt 'hal' - the 'l' bein a vowel length marker that shawed Scots readers it wis soondit as 'aw'. Efter 1700, whan the Soothren leid cam mair in fashion in Scotland, a puckle fowk stertit eikin the 'apologetic apostrophe' tae shaw whaur a letter wad be wantit in Soothorn, even tho the war naething wantin in the Scots word. Nooadays, the word wad be spellt either haw or haa in Scots.
Photie taen bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch.