Collogue:Doo

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The spellin doo is likely come aboot semply fae 'oo' bein uised for tae shaw an /u/ soondin. The spellin dow is aiblins the affcom o an analogy wi spellins lik brown [brun] whaur the digraph 'ow' is uised for tae shaw the /u/ soondin. It micht coud be for tae shaw the Sooth Scots soondin o thon vouel ruit final [dʌu]. The spellin dou kythes at the hintend o the DSL page doo an is gien as aulder Scots, 'ou' bein the tradeetional Scots digraph for the soond /u/. Interestin is that here (p. 12) it says Sir Walter Scott uised sax different spellins for doucot, that ane an 'doocot', 'dooket', 'dookot', 'dow–cote' an 'dukit'. A aye thocht the English for doucot wis dovecote. Jimmy 00:12, 16 Januar 2008 (UTC)[replie]