[19], In August 2012, Gordon Hay, an Aberdeenshire author, successfully completed what is believed to be the first translation of the New Testament into Doric. They were told that release under the FOIA would not be given because of several exemptions. In some cases, particularly in New York City, the NURSE sound gliding from a schwa upwards even led to a phonemic merger of the vowel classes associated with the General American phonemes // as in CHOICE with the /r/ of NURSE; thus, words like coil and curl, as well as voice and verse, were homophones. Captain (Capt) Edward Unwin VC, Admiral of the Fleet (Lord) Sir Roger Keyes and ", "Rudolph Sharp (British) Crew lists of Ships hit by U-boats", "More Ripley Lads Back Home How a Ripley Private Escaped", "Lancastria: The forgotten tragedy of World War Two", "Forgotten tragedy: The loss of HMT Lancastria", "Recognition remains sunk without a trace, by Mark Hirst", "Operation Ariel and Falmouth June 1940 Maritime Views", "Victims of HMT Lancastria sinking honoured with memorial", "The National Memorial Arboretum - Welcome to the National Memorial Arboretum website", "HMT. Those accents have the god-guard merger (a merger of LOT and START) in addition to the fatherfarther merger, yielding a three-way homophony between calmer (when pronounced without /l/), comma and karma, though minimal triplets like this are scarce. Doric has also featured in stage, radio and television, notably in the sketches and songs of the Aberdeen-based comedy groups Scotland the What? Varieties of English language spoken in Scotland, For the Germanic language which diverged from standard Middle English, see, An example of a male with a background in both Fife and, (many individual words do not correspond), Macafee, C. (2004). An' or they'd time to lench a second ark. [10] The Act could be adopted following its approval in a poll of householders in the burgh. Before vowels, only // occurs.[85]. Digital Journal is a digital media news network with thousands of Digital Journalists in 200 countries around the world. In 1924 the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand was set up by the government to advise on place names, and in 1946 the New Zealand Parliament established the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) and gave it power to change or implement Mori and English names. [9] Some speakers code switch clearly from one to the other while others style shift in a less predictable and more fluctuating manner. The English accents spoken in the coastal areas of West Africa are primarily non-rhotic as are the underlying varieties of Niger-Congo languages spoken in that part of West Africa. While many languages have numerous dialects that differ in phonology, the contemporary spoken Arabic language is more properly described as a continuum of varieties. For a related merger not involving FACE, see near-square merger. Scots businessman camps in Tesla outside Russian Consulate to protest Ukraine invasion. The term "Doric" was formerly used to refer to all dialects of Lowland Scots, but during the twentieth century it became increasingly associated with Mid Northern Scots.[4]. For non-rhotic speakers, what was historically a vowel, followed by /r/, is now usually realized as a long vowel. Lancastria 17th June 1940 & Operation Aerial", "NMC Lay a wreath at the Memorial for The Lancastria", "The 75th anniversary of the sinking of HMT Lancastria", "Lancastria: Service for Britain's worst maritime disaster", Faceted Application of Subject Terminology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RMS_Lancastria&oldid=1125360227, World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom, World War II passenger ships of the United Kingdom, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, Articles with dead external links from November 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Sunk by German Bombers on 17 June 1940 off, This page was last edited on 3 December 2022, at 16:18. [2], During the mid-17th century, several sources described /r/ as being weakened but still present. A strange creature spotted at one of Scotland's most popular lochs has led to people asking if Nessie has decided to take a wee holiday. As used in this article, the Scots language word burgh is derived from the Old English Burh. It occurs in certain non-rhotic varieties of British English, such as Bradford English and Geordie (particularly among females). The former striker reckons his ex-club should be demanding big money for one of their World Cup stars. It is found in those non-rhotic accents containing the caughtcourt merger that have also undergone the pourpoor merger. Whakatane, Rangitoto Island, Taupo, Urewera, Ngongotah, and Tikitapu all commemorate incidents that occurred during the early arrivals, many of which are now forgotten. [42] In a few such accents, intervocalic /r/ is deleted before an unstressed syllable even within a word when the following syllable begins with a vowel. A complete merger of LOT with NORTH can be alternatively called the shot-short merger. Transliteration of Cantonese words and names, such as, This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 13:45. Christchurch is promoted as the "Garden City"[47] and Auckland is commonly referred to as the "city of sails". There was some debate as to whether the oath was "gweed Doric" (/wid dork/) or not, and notably it is, to a certain extent, written phonetically and contains certain anglicised forms such as "I" rather than "A", and "and" instead of "an": In Disney/Pixar's Brave, the character Young MacGuffin speaks the Doric dialect, and a running joke involves no one else understanding him. This page was last edited on 30 November 2022, at 07:43. [4] IETF language tag for "Scottish Standard English" is en-scotland. Although pronunciation features vary among speakers (depending on region and social status), there are a number of phonological aspects characteristic of Scottish English: Scotticisms are idioms or expressions that are characteristic of Scots, especially when used in English. While you may think it is pronounced Garry-och, it is actually Gee-ree. [10] Rhotic speech in particular became prestigious in the United States rapidly after the Second World War,[11] reflected in the national standard of radio and television since the mid-20th century embracing historical /r/. [22], Moriori, descendants of Mori,[23] migrated to the Chatham Islands (off the eastern coasts of mainland New Zealand) c. 1500 CE and named them Rkohu (Misty Sun). A burgh / b r / is an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland and Northern England, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots.This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when King David I created the first royal burghs.Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United Kingdom.Following local government [citation needed], In June 2010 to mark the 70th anniversary of the sinking, special ceremonies and services of remembrance were held in Edinburgh and St. Nazaire. In Dublin, the traditional local dialect is largely non-rhotic but the more modern varieties, referred to by Hickey as "mainstream Dublin English" and "fashionable Dublin English", are fully rhotic. [41], The Government of the United Kingdom has not made the site a war grave under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, stating that it has no jurisdiction over French territorial waters. A merger of /(r)/ and // occurring for some speakers of Jamaican English making bud and bird homophones as /bd/. Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. Burgh in placenames is found in its greatest UK concentration in the East Anglia region of southern England, where also the word has taken the form bury, as in Canterbury.[20]. King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603. Those looking to escape the hustle and bustle will be pleased to hear that a charming one-bedroom cottage in Orkney is available to purchase, which includes a fireplace and original features. Many such as Murderers Bay did not last, while some like Cape Maria van Diemen (the wife of the governor of Batavia) and Bay of Islands are still in use. We are in for an interesting end to 2022 as Blues face unbeaten Traiilfinders and Jersey then go for local bragging rights against Ampthill on Boxing Day. Thus, bawling [boln] and bowling [bln] can be nearly homophonous, though bawling can be [boln] or [boln] instead. The typical alternative used by RP speakers (and some rhotic speakers as well) is to insert a glottal stop wherever an intrusive R would otherwise have been placed.[25][26]. Mr H J Cooper is quoted in the Chelmsford Chronicle on 28 June: "I am afraid thousands died, but tell the world they sang 'Roll out the Barrel' as they died. The class of merchants included all traders, from stall-holders and pack-men to shop-holders and traders of considerable wealth. Findochty is a fishing village near Buckie in Moray, and is pronounced Fin-eck-tay. Therefore, the columns labelled as morpheme-internal always have a distinct /o/ vowel in cockney. Morpheme-internal /o/ (including /u/ whenever the cure-force merger applies) and any // can neutralize with // in fast speech.[88]. Captain Sharp estimated the number to be 5,500. ", sfnp error: no target: CITEREFBauerWarren2004 (, Hogg, R.M., Blake, N.F., Burchfield, R., Lass, R., and Romaine, S., (eds.) This one is easy. In Wells' terminology, this consists of the merger of the lexical sets STRUT on the one hand and PALM and START on the other. Most of the early burghs were on the east coast, and among them were the largest and wealthiest, including Aberdeen, Berwick, Perth and Edinburgh, whose growth was facilitated by trade with other North Sea ports on the continent, in particular in the Low Countries, as well as ports on the Baltic Sea. For a bare merger of LOT and THOUGHT, see cot-caught merger. The Acts of Union 1707 amalgamated the Scottish and English Parliaments. She arrived in the mouth of the Loire estuary late on 16 June. The town council of a burgh could by a three-quarters majority become police commissioners for the burgh. The North East has been claimed as the "real home of the ballad"[14] and, according to Les Wheeler, "91 out of a grand total of (Child's) 305 ballads came from the North East in fact from Aberdeenshire", which makes the usual name of "Border Ballad" a misnomer put about by Sir Walter Scott. Sometime before 1835 mainland Mori settled at Rkohu and confused the name of the settlement, Wharekauri, with the name of the main island. [68], A near-merger of FACE and SQUARE is possible in General South African English, but the vowels typically remain distinct as [e] (for FACE) and [e] (for SQUARE). Every parliamentary elector living within the "royalty" or area of the royal burgh, or within seven statute miles of its boundary, was entitled to vote in burgh elections. The rhotic varieties of English include the dialects of South West England, Scotland, Ireland, and most of the United States and Canada. These include the accents of Southern England (but see THOUGHT split), non-rhotic New York City speakers, Trinidad and the Southern hemisphere. Many different titles were in use until the Town Councils (Scotland) Act 1900 standardised the term as "provost", except in cities with a lord provost. "Scots and Scottish English." She was ordered to sail from Nassau to New York for refitting as she had been requisitioned as a troopship, becoming HMT Lancastria. Glasgow University Press 1977, The Oxford Companion to English Literature, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Scotslanguage.com - A Little Doric History", "Doric Dialects and Doric Poets of North-East Scotland", "Say What? Rhoticity may be present in English spoken in areas where rhotic Afro-Asiatic or Nilo Saharan languages are spoken across northern West Africa and in the Nilotic regions of East Africa. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1940, Section 36; prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs; Section 40(2); contains personal information; Section 40(3); Release would contravene section 10 of the, According to CWGC Records of identified Burials in France as of 17 June 1940 of "Lancastria" total 1486 (British Army 1449; RAF 33, Location of the sinking of the troopship RMS Lancastria, Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool, "BBC - History - World Wars: The 'Lancastria' - a Secret Sacrifice in World War Two", "About Us: History of Scouting in Ireland", "The West Australian (Perth, WA: 1879 - 1954) - 27 May 1936 - p16", "At sea. Check out the latest breaking news videos and viral videos covering showbiz, sport, fashion, technology, and more from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. The use of Polynesian mythology in names is more apparent, with Tne (the forest god) lending his name to tne and Taneatua, among others. The presence or absence of rhoticity is one of the most prominent distinctions by which varieties of English can be classified. The last major legislation to effect burghs came into effect in 1930. A version of Aesop's Fables has been published in Doric, as well as some sections of the Bible. The lot-cloth split coupled with those mergers produces a few more homophones, such as bossbourse. [63], In some accents, syllabification may interact with rhoticity and result in homophones for which non-rhotic accents have centering diphthongs. [a] When an r is at the end of a word but the next word begins with a vowel, as in the phrase "better apples", most non-rhotic speakers will pronounce the /r/ in that position (the linking R), since it is followed by a vowel in this case.[5]. African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is largely non-rhotic, and in some non-rhotic Southern and AAVE accents, there is no linking r, that is, /r/ at the end of a word is deleted even when the following word starts with a vowel, so that "Mister Adams" is pronounced [mst()dmz]. Password requirements: 6 to 30 characters long; ASCII characters only (characters found on a standard US keyboard); must contain at least 4 different symbols; She was the sister ship of RMS Cameronia which Beardmore had built for the Anchor Line the previous year. In non-rhotic varieties, speakers no longer pronounce /r/ in postvocalic environmentsthat is, when it is immediately after a vowel and not followed by another vowel. The top 10 most popular spas in Scotland for a relaxing getaway in 2022, Incredible CGI images show making of Highland cow on motorbike ad for Virgin media, Tiny Scottish islands risk damage from 'over-tourism' as thousands add to 'bucket list', The free ranging reindeer in Scotland you can visit this Christmas, The 10 most common Scottish surnames - what they mean and where they came from, Ecclefechan is one of many place names in Scotland you might have a hard time pronouncing. Section 1(5) of the Act stated: On 16 May 1975, all local government areas existing immediately before that date, that is to say, all counties, counties of cities, large burghs, small burghs and districts, shall cease to exist, and the council of every such area shall also cease to exist. [57], Recorded names were obtained by comparing names found in the New Zealand Place Names Database, List of New Zealand place name etymologies, Locations in New Zealand with a Scottish name, "European discovery of New Zealand Abel Tasman", "The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout:Volume 44. She was originally sent to Quiberon Bay as part of Operation Aerial, which was the evacuation of the remainder of the British Expeditionary Force which had been cut-off to the south of the German advance through France, amounting to some 124,000 men, mostly logistic support troops, from various ports in western France. Because there are so many, they are excluded from the list of homophonous pairs below. [39], American English is predominantly rhotic today, but at the end of the 1800s non-rhotic accents were common throughout much of the coastal Eastern and Southern U.S., including along the Gulf Coast. Alternatively, /e/ can be laxed to [] before a sounded /r/, which produces a variable Mary-merry merger: [f]. [51] The medal was designed by Mark Hirst, grandson of Lancastria survivor Walter Hirst. [16] Whanganui means "wide river-mouth" and Waikanae indicates good waters for catching kanae, or flathead mullet. In many cases this led to the existence of two parallel burgh administrations, the town council and the police commissioners, each with the same membership, but separate legal identity and powers. It appears that postvocalic /r/ is entering the speech of younger people under the influence of American English, and maybe an influence of Scottish dialect brought by Scottish settlers. In some literary works, Doric is used as the language of conversation while the rest of the work is in Lallans Scots or British English. Under the provost were magistrates or baillies who both acted as councillors, and in the enforcement of laws. Two Scots women team up to send 40ft lorry full of Christmas presents to kids in Ukraine, The pair hope it will bring some festive cheer to those in war torn Ukraine. But one current change that seems to be taking place is that Brunei English is becoming rhotic, partly influenced by American English and partly influenced by the rhoticity of Standard Malay, also influenced by languages of Indians in Brunei (Tamil and Punjabi) (rhoticity is also used by Chinese Bruneians), although English in neighboring Malaysia and Singapore remains non-rhotic; rhoticity in Brunei English is equal to Philippine dialects of English and Scottish and Irish dialects. For example, burg in German, and borg in both Danish and Swedish. 'How to Pronounce Older Scots' in 'Bards and Makars'. Many non-rhotic speakers also insert an epenthetic /r/ between vowels when the first vowel is one that can occur before syllable-final r (drawring for drawing). We are in for an interesting end to 2022 as Blues face unbeaten Traiilfinders and Jersey then go for local bragging rights against Ampthill on Boxing Day. So, in honor of St. Patricks Day, here are some (rough) pronunciations of various popular Irish names like Aoife, Cian, Niamh and Cillian. These were growing industrial centres, and apart from the lack of a charter, they had identical powers and privileges to the royal burghs. Every time we try to pronounce this one, it comes out as a strange sound rather than an actual word. The village of Ballachulish is centred on former slate quarries and is pronounced Ball-a-hoolish. Did we miss any? [48], Lancastria is represented at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire by a sessile oak tree and a plaque. Quins are in South Africa to make some European history. and the Flying Pigs. 3 holds while a fourth landed close to the port side of the ship, rupturing the fuel oil tanks, though even with this damage, the ship should have stayed afloat for longer unless the report of the bomb in the funnel was true. Arbeitslosigkeitsversicherung (Unemployment insurance) Another brilliant logical compound noun here! Legacies of Colonial English: Studies in Transported Dialects. Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. The Government did not do so as it was within French territorial waters, outside the jurisdiction of the Act. Lancastria Association names 1,738 people known to have been killed. "[17] She was required to take an oath in English beforehand. Every time we try to pronounce this one, it comes out as a strange sound rather than an actual word. [15] The continuing absence of a Scots translation of the Bible meant that the translation of King James into English was used in worship in both countries. Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave, who is someone forbidden to quit their service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as their property. [stress needed][59] However, non-prevocalic // among non-rhotic speakers is sometimes pronounced in a few words, including Ireland /lnd/, merely /mili/, err //, and the name of the letter R // (General NZE pronunciations: /lnd, mili, , /). NEAR is phonemically distinct, normally as [i] before any /r/ (a fleece-near merger) and a disyllabic [i] elsewhere. [43][44] The former occurred widely in the labour movement and an early labour newspaper was named the Maoriland Worker. Since 1975 local authorities have been free to choose the title of their convener and provosts are appointed to chair a number of area and community councils. Cook named many more on his voyage, including Bay of Plenty, Three Kings Islands, Poverty Bay, Cape Farewell, Queen Charlotte Adult and Child Disability Payment rates for Scots will also rise by 10.1% next year. Dutch and German bergen) 'to keep, save, make secure'. [51][52], A typical teenager's Southeast Asian English would be rhotic,[53] mainly because of prominent influence by American English. [21], European arrivals exposed Mori to Christianity, leading to the settlements of Hiruharama, Petane and Hamaria named after the biblical Jerusalem, Bethany and Samaria respectively. [39][a] In the face of continued campaigning by relatives, the MoD stated in 2015 that all known documents had long since been released through the National Archives. [32] The government decided later in 2009 to accept both "Whanganui" and "Wanganui" as alternative official names. To some clood-edge I'd daunder furth an', feth. Legacies of Colonial English: Studies in Transported Dialects. [2] These /r/-less spellings appeared throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but they were uncommon and were restricted to private documents, especially ones written by women. This was a choice by the voice actor, Kevin McKidd, a native of Elgin. [47] The Lancastria Association of Scotland was formed in 2005 and holds its annual service at St George's West Church in Edinburgh. [4] She sank around 5nmi (9.3km) south of Chmoulin Point in the Charpentier roads, around 9nmi (17km) from St. Nazaire. File photo dated 17/04/21 of Queen Elizabeth II after taking her seat for the funeral of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, in St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire. in "water") or before consonants (e.g. Many of the early Mori names were replaced by Europeans during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Scottish English (Scottish Gaelic: Beurla Albannach) is the set of varieties of the English language spoken in Scotland.The transregional, standardised variety is called Scottish Standard English or Standard Scottish English (SSE). [24] The ship was equipped with sixteen lifeboats and 2,500 life jackets;[19] but many of the boats could not be launched because they had been damaged in the bombing or because of the angle of the hull. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. Gaius Julius Caesar (/ s i z r /; Latin: [ais julis kaesar]; 12 July 100 BC 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. [47], The prestige form of English spoken in Ireland is rhotic and most regional accents are rhotic although some regional accents, particularly in the area around counties Louth and Cavan are notably non-rhotic and many non-prestige accents have touches of non-rhoticity. Can you pass a Scottish citizenship test? [71], In the Cardiff dialect SQUARE can also be similar to cardinal [e] (though long [e], as in South Africa), but FACE typically has a fully close ending point [ei] and thus the vowels are more distinct than in the General South African accent. Scots mountaineers rescued after wading through 'waist deep' snow in pitch black. [4] All the photographs of the sinking were taken by Frank Clements, a volunteer storeman aboard HMS Highlander, who was exempt from the regulations prohibiting the use of cameras by service personnel. It reformed in 1981 as The HMT Lancastria Association and continues the tradition of a parade and remembrance service at the Church of St Katharine Cree in the City of London, where there is a memorial stained glass window. Qatar's Supreme Committee responsible for the organising of the 2022 tournament said an urgent investigation is taking place into the 'circumstances leading to the fall'. North East Scots has an extensive body of literature, mostly poetry, ballads and songs. Four children suffer cardiac arrests after crashing through ice on frozen lake. Greek Dorians lived in Laconia, including Sparta, and other more rural areas, and were alleged by the ancient Greeks to have spoken laconically and in a language thought harsher in tone and more phonetically conservative than the Attic spoken in Athens. Non-rhoticity is mostly found in older generations, its phenomenon is almost similar to the status of American English, wherein non-rhoticity reduced greatly. The Sunday Mail caught a member and two associates of the group paying a twisted tribute to the 15-year-old at the graveside in Glasgow before boasting about it on social media. A burgh / b r / is an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland and Northern England, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots.This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when King David I created the first royal burghs.Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United Kingdom.Following local government Members of the public raced to help the 48-year-old, who had suffered from a facial injury. Slavery typically involves the enslaved person being made to perform some form of work while also having their location or residence dictated by the enslaver. The population of burgesses could be roughly divided between merchants and craftsmen, and the tensions between the interests of the two classes was often a feature of the cities. This drew on all known information held at Kew. Thus, in isolation, tire, is pronounced [ta] and sour is [sa]. Her normal complement in troopship configuration was 2,180 including 330 crew; however, Captain Sharp had brought 2,653 men back from Norway, so he replied that he could take 3,000 "at a pinch". RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK Government during the Second World War.She was sunk on 17 June 1940 during Operation Aerial.Having received an emergency order to evacuate British nationals and troops from France the ship was loaded well in excess of its capacity of 1,300 passengers. From Hawick to Wemyss Bay, even names that look easy to say on first glance may trip you up the first time you try to pronounce it. Since England was the larger and richer of the two Kingdoms, James moved his court to London in England. Droon oot the hale hypothec, dicht the sklate. Arbeitslosigkeitsversicherung (Unemployment insurance) Another brilliant logical compound noun here! RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK Government during the Second World War.She was sunk on 17 June 1940 during Operation Aerial.Having received an emergency order to evacuate British nationals and troops from France the ship was loaded well in excess of its capacity of 1,300 passengers. 450-1100)-language text, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from January 2014, Articles containing Swedish-language text, Articles containing Italian-language text, Articles containing Spanish-language text, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from EB9, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. The merger appears to be receding, as items descended from ME /a/ are being transferred to the /i/ class; in other words, a pane-pain merger is taking place. [3] They were able to impose tolls and fines on traders within a region outside their settlements. More distantly, it is related to words meaning 'hill' or 'mountain' in a number of languages (cf. This shows itself in the local media presentation of the language, e.g., Grampian Television & The Aberdeen Press and Journal. the second element of iceberg).[21]. Every country in the world has place names that are difficult to pronounce even to people from there, and Scotland is no different. This negative association still plagues Doric literature to a degree, as well as Scottish literature in general. That length may be retained in phrases and so car pronounced in isolation is [k], but car owner is [krn]. [3], Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand, in 1642. Don't be fooled into thinking that this village in Fife is pronounced Cull-Rossit's actually Coo-riss. Many Scottish names occur in Otago and Southland (the Lammerlaws, Invercargill, Wedderburn, Glenfalloch) and Scottish settlers also named Riccarton and the Avon River in Christchurch. In Wells' terminology, the pawnporn merger consists of the merger of the lexical sets THOUGHT and NORTH. They are administered by the present area councils, who must make "have regard to the interests of the inhabitants of the area to which the common good formerly related". 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