ae, ai open A as in rare.
a’, au, aw AW as in law.
ea open E as in mere, but this with
exceptions, as heather = heather,
wean = wain, lear = lair.
ee, ei, ie open E as in mere.
oa open O as in more.
ou doubled O as in poor.
ow OW as in bower.
u doubled O as in poor.
ui or ü before R (say roughly) open A as in rare.
ui or ü before any other (say roughly) close I as in grin.
consonant
y open I as in kite.
i pretty nearly what you please,
much as in English, Heaven guide
the reader through that
labyrinth! But in Scots it
dodges usually from the short I,
as in grin, to the open E, as in
mere. Find the blind, I may
remark, are pronounced to rhyme
with the preterite of grin.