Scotticism
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A Scotticism is a phrase or word which is characteristic of dialects of Scots.[1] An archetypal example is "Och aye the noo", which translates as, "Oh yes, just now". This phrase is often used in parody by non-Scots and although the phrases "Och aye" and "The noo" are in common use by Scots seperatly, they are rarely used together.[2] Other phrases of this sort include:
- Braw, bricht, muinlicht nicht
- Hoots mon the nou
- Lang mey yer lum reek
[edit] References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2008-04-21. “An idiom or mode of expression characteristic of Scots; esp. as used by a writer of English.”
- ^ Betty Kirkpatrick (2006). The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrase. Crombie Jardine, 94. ISBN 1905102887. “often used humorously by non-Scots”
[edit] See also
- Anti-Scottish sentiment
- Dictionary of the Scots Language
- Doric
- Lallans
- Languages in the United Kingdom
- Phonological history of the Scots language
- Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech
- Scottish English
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