X at OLS

X at OLS

Posted Aug 5, 2004 6:36 UTC (Thu) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: X at OLS by ncm
Parent article: X at OLS

> Apparently the OED doesn't distinguish among bits of the colonies.
> The American Heritage Dictionary identifies it as regional,
> restricted primarily to Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa,
> Oklahoma, and Northern Ireland.

Interesting ... I first heard it in Glasgow, and supposed it was Scots.
But I may only have heard it once and the speaker may have been from
Ulster ... hmm.

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