Scots and/or Irish American dialect

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Thursday, March 4, 2004 9:37 pm -0600 Patti Kurtz
<kurtpatt4 at NETSCAPE.NET> wrote:

> Would a Scotsman say 'Ach!" (meaning "Ah!")  That sounds more German to
> me than Scots.  If not, what would he say instead?

Scots say it all the time.

NODE says:
 dialect (chiefly Scottish) form of ah.
Ach, well, win some lose some.

But there's also _och_:

Scottish and Irish  used to express a range of emotions, typically
surprise, regret, or disbelief
Och, you're kidding.


Lynne

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