Re: Scots.
| From: | ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 19, 2008, 3:51 |
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Eldin Raigmore wrote:
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>It sounds like it's used where some older English (such as King James's
>Bible
>English) used "sore"; and where German uses "sehr" (and seems to be
>pronounced a lot like German's "sehr".)
Yes, sounds reasonable. In the KJV certainly-- In Luke's story of the
Nativity, the shepherds are "sore afraid". "Sore afflicted" also occurs
(Psalms?? or maybe in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer). I'm sure I've
said on occasion "I'm sorely tempted to....." and "XXX is sorely needed",
but never without the -ly ending.
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