LL-L "Morphology" 2004.09.30 (11) [E]

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From: Andy (Scots-Online) <andy at scots-online.org>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2004.09.30 (04) [E]

Sandy wrote:

> This is confusing Scots with English. I'd be surprised if anyone said
> "aren't I?" or "Ain't I?" in Scots. It's never used! Unless Andy or Ian
are
> going to contradict me on that...

With me it would be "Am A no" in Scots and more than likely "Am I not" in
(Scottish) English.
"Ain't" definitely isn't Scots and I can't recall speakers of Scottish
English uising "Ain't" habitually.

john wrote:

> Mark: One of my favourite tag lines is "All roads lead to Damascus" but
> since the First Gulf War it's likely to be misunderstood.

Would that be the First Gulf War 1980-1988 Hussein V's Khomeini
or the First Gulf War 1991 Hussein V's Rest of the World?

Andy Eagle

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