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Scots. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 28/07/2015 02:42:28 PM

Frequently.

It is part of some Scottish dialects.

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well since language is a democracy and the souther dialetic is the largest Y'all wins - 27/07/2015 02:07:22 PM 718 Views
The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM 703 Views
It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken - 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM 638 Views
Whoa, now: The PIEDMONT accent may be closest to Received Pronunciation, but is not the whole South - 28/07/2015 12:37:56 AM 714 Views
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that is not what I said - 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM 697 Views
Sorry, I credited you w/knowing the Deep South, Appalachia and TX sound nothing like any UK accents - 29/07/2015 07:42:21 PM 638 Views
read slower and then read again until you understand what I said - 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM 906 Views
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Would "UK English" have been better? - 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM 642 Views
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The distinction between the first two is negligible - 29/07/2015 07:52:50 PM 643 Views

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