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Re: USAGE: "thole" vs. "dree"

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Friday, January 10, 2003, 23:22
--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:


>         thole: to put up with something because
> one has no choice
>         dree: to put up with something as a
> choice

A good distinction, to be sure!


> a page of Scots prescriptivism written in
> Scots.

Well, mostly the personal opinion of the author!

Padraic.


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