Robin -
That's an interesting point about Hardy. I too find his rhythms difficult;
but am far from being a Scot, having grown up in Wiltshire, just inside
Hardy's own Wessex. So I don't reckon it's the local influence on his speech
that caused it, unless by messing up the educated speech he would have
learned at school. I reckon it was just Hardy.
best,
Joanna
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