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Bairn

Is the word "bairn" a singular noun, a plural noun or both ? If it is both is it then pronounced differently in the two uses ?

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[nq:1]Is the word "bairn" a singular noun, a plural noun or both ? ) It is a regular noun, plural bairns. pronounced as bear + terminal N.

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  • [nq:1]Is the word "bairn" a singular noun, a plural noun or both ?
  • ) It is a regular noun, plural bairns.
  • pronounced as bear + terminal N.
  • Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Is the word "bairn" a singular noun, a plural noun or both ? If it is both is it then pronounced differently in the two uses ?[/nq]
Bairn is used only in Scotland and north England,
although understood everywhere (= child, as in
Norse barn etc.) It is a regular noun, plural bairns. pronounced as bear + terminal N.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Is the word "bairn" a singular noun, a plural noun or both ? If it is both is it then pronounced differently in the two uses ?[/nq]
The word "bairn" (child) is a singular noun. The plural is "bairns".

Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.u.e)
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[nq:1]Is the word "bairn" a singular noun, a plural noun or both ? If it is both is it then pronounced differently in the two uses ?[/nq]
Singular. The plural is "bairns".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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