Re: USAGE: Scots

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> > Well, one I remember is the use of "what" as a relative particle, which=
>  is
> > ungrammatical in Standard English though common enough in the dialects.
>
> Can you not say "I don't know what you're talking about"?
Sure.  But I said "relative particle", like English (and Scots) "that".
"What" in your construction is not = "that", but rather "that which".

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