Tae-adverb a Scots word for too. Weel


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Exercise 7
1.Ay - said to express assent; yes.( it still influences the character of dialect and speech in large areas of northern England, Scotland and most of the island of Ireland, where it is commonly used.)
2.Tae-adverb. a Scots word for too.
3.Weel- a Scots word for well.
4.Lad-A lad is a boy or young man.
5.Broght- Scottish variant of brought
6.Wadna-Scottish & dialectal, England. : would not.
7.Fra-from
8.Wee-Scottish little
9.Lass-A lass is a young woman or girl.
10.Ye- you

Exercise 8


1. “Get on a little faster, put a little more steam on, Ma’am, pray.” (D.) Neutral
2. “I do think the Scandinavian are the heartiest and best people”.
“Oh, do you think so?” protested Mrs. Jackson Elder. “My husband says the Svenskas that work in the planing-mill are perfectly terrible”. (S. L.) Colloquail
3. He tried these engineers, but no soap. No answer. (J. O’H.)
4. “Big-Hearted Harry. You want to know what I think? I think you’re nuts. Pure plain crazy. Goofy as a loon. That’s what I think.” (J.)
5. There were with a corner of the bar to themselves what I recognized at once to be a Regular Gang, a Bunch, a Set. (P.)
6. “I met a cousin of yours, Mr. Muskham.” – “Jack?” – “Yes.” “Last of the dandies. All the difference in the world, Dinny, between the ‘buck’, the ‘dandy’, the ‘swell’, the ‘masher’, the ‘blood’, the ‘knut’, and what’s the last variety called – I never know. There’s been a steady decrescendo. By his age Jack belongs to the masher’ period, but his cut was always pure dandy.” (G.)

1.Nuts-adjective. a slang word for insane. (foll by about or on) slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about) interjection.


2. Dandy-very good: I'm doing just dandy, thanks. a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance
3.Buck- Once American currency replaced animal skins as a way to pay for goods, the term "buck" remained as a slang term for one dollar.
4.Swell-In the 1930s, swell became a popular slang term meaning great or excellent. But it also can describe a wealthy, elegant person, like a group of swells at a fancy restaurant.
5.Masher- a man who makes advances, esp. to women he does not know, with a view to physical intimacy.
6.Blood- slang word widely used to mean "Brother." More specifically, it refers to members of the street gang the Bloods.
7. Knut- Noun. knut (plural knuts) (archaic, informal, Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town.
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