Meaning of ScotE | Babel Free

Definitions

Abbreviation of Scottish English.

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Examples

“Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out.”

“But NZE allegedly resembles ScotE in taking the avoidance one step further: will is used instead of shall with first-person pronouns .in questions to express offers or suggestions as in Will I close the window?”

“Like ScotE, IrE has certain word stress patterns that differ from RP (in -ise verbs, for example), but there are few categorical differences and a great deal of variability.”

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