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One is wan
Oct
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23rd
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09:49 am
nineveh_uk
I have a cold, and an
LJ poll
on one, won, and wan.
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2016-10-23 11:14 am (UTC)
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clanwilliam
You forgot Hiberno-English with two different pronounciations of wan: "Yer wan is looking wan".
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2016-10-23 06:48 pm (UTC)
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nineveh_uk
Damn! I didn't know it could be spelt like that (I always think of it as wean, given the way a couple of non-Irish friends say it).
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Date:
2016-10-24 01:21 pm (UTC)
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clanwilliam
But wean is Scottish and Norn Irish for baby, but wan is nearly always an adult. "Did you see the state of yer wan?" And I do pronounce them differently.
Wean - shortened of "wee un".
Wan and wan - short a if pale, long a if a state.
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Date: 2016-10-23 11:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-10-23 06:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-10-24 01:21 pm (UTC)Wean - shortened of "wee un".
Wan and wan - short a if pale, long a if a state.