Question about Scottish

[James Stalker]

You might try the Lowlands list.  Lots of Scots there whou would be willing
to answer your question.

lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org

Jim Stalker


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Cohen" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: Question about Scottish


>      Would someone familiar with Scottish please let me know whether
> "Gie it us" (Give it to us) can be said. Or must one use the
> preposition "to": ("Gie it to us")?
>
>     I'm interested in cant "geetus" (= money; first attestation: 1926;
> variant spelling: "gheetus," which seems to indicate a hard g-).  The
> etymology is unknown, but if Scottish "Gie it us" exists, perhaps
> this is the basis of "geetus," with "it" here likely referring to
> stolen money.
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
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