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wouldnae
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Scotland
)
Contraction of
would
not
.
2009
January 24, Simon Hattenstone, “Sir Fred, just say sorry”, in
The Guardian
[1]
:
If I was to lose my job and not be able to pay my mortgage they would take my house away, they
wouldnae
say, 'Well, sorry about that but here's a big payoff anyway.