He's back!

[Wilson Gray]

Lowland Scots, which uses these words, is a dialect of English.

-Wilson

On 8/31/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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>  John Baker asks:
> >> we see the claim that there are no words for "yes" or "no" in
> >> Irish.  Is this really true?
> >
> >
> >If it's like Scots Gaelic (which one presumes it is), then yes, it is
> >true--and I don't think it's all that rare in the world's languages.  You
> >answer a question by saying "it is" or "it isn't" or otherwise echoing the
> >verb of the question.  Chinese does this as well, doesn't it?
> >
> >Lynne
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> What about "aye (ay)" and "nae"?  Are these borrowings by the Scots from
> elsewhere?
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