Consonants
Most consonant sounds (including combinations like sh for 
and th for 
and 
) are spelled as in Standard English. But note the following:
 | as in SSE loch | now normally | -ch- | (rather than -gh-) heuch |
Although -ch is now the usual spelling for the sound at the end of loch etc, the historical -gh spelling is also sometimes found, eg in placenames such as Muircleugh.
 | as in SSE much | can be spelled | -tch- or -ch- | fleetch / fleech |
| ch- | in initial position: chack |
-l(d) / -n(d) ending:
The following words have variant endings with either -n or -nd: roon / roond; staun / staund
-l or -ld: mool / moold; spaul / spauld
