> > I remember my uncle discussing the strange word the southerners had > for, "now". That is, "nawr", pointing out that it was an inversion of the > northern, "rwan". He thought the southerners were probably more correct in > that "nawr" was a contraction of "y hwn awr". nawr < yn awr 'the hour' (yn = old form of article) rwan < yr awran < yr awr hon It's accidental that one looks like an inversion of the other. ************************ Nigel Love Linguistics Cape Town NLOVE@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA ************************