Talk:lang syne

Is the English adverb archaic? Its parts (lang, syne) are given in Webster 1913 as obsolete. The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 20:36, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Either that or Scottish dialect. Americans know the familiar folk song, Auld Lang Syne, and some have heard the English translation of the title, but few know what the individual words mean and this Scottish adverb is not used except in that song. —Stephen 20:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, but Pound uses similar unwonted spellings at other occasions as well - e. g. qeynt devyse - quaint devise? Is qeynt devyse also Scots? In the circumstantial article about Pound I have not found any connection with Scotland. The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 21:06, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I would say that that’s right, either Scots or he is deliberately using obsolete spellings from Middle English or Middle Scots. —Stephen 21:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)