whut - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
whut ~ what; interrogative adj. which (Whut yin’s oors?). Whut aboot it! What does it matter! Who cares! etc. whut for why, for what reason. Whut ir they? What’s their price? Whut is he? What’s his name? whut lenth; whut price; whut wecht, etc. how long; how much; how heavy; etc. (Whut lenth/price/wecht is it?). whut wie how (see wie). whut-ye-may-cal-him what’s-his-name. (Also what.)
