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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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SOT, adv. Also sut(t). A variant form of so, used as the emphatic correlative of not, mostly by children, to contradict a negative assertion, = on the contrary, far from it (ne.Sc., Gall. 1904 E.D.D., Arg. 1936 L. McInnes S. Kintyre 23). Gen.Sc. [sɔt, sʌt]Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. 154:
“I wisna a grain feart.” “Ye wis sot. Ye ran like the rest o's.”Abd. 1891 T. Mair Arn And His Wife 9:
He only said, “'twes not;” But Ketty shortly followed suit, And answered him, “'twes sot.”Edb. 1926 A. Muir Blue Bonnet 64:
“Then it's no your ain hymn-book.” “It is sut! It's mine. I found it.”Gsw. 1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders iv.:
“It was nut,” the stranger asserted. “But it was sut,” cried Danny angrily.Bnff. 1965 Banffshire Advert. (22 July) 10:
“It was not my fault that you jumped the gun. . . .” “It wis sut your wyte,” she shouted.m.Sc. 1968 Gordon M. Williams From Scenes Like These (1996) 189:
'Ah am not,' said the girl. 'Ye are sot,' said her mother. Sc. 1995 Duncan McLean Bunker Man 18:
I never shoved him miss! Did sut! Gary stepped backwards. Ayr. 1999:
A am nut - ye are sut ne.Sc. 1999 Aberdeen Evening Express 27 Aug 15:
Boys and girls were segregated in the playground by a hefty wire fence, over which we could merely shout life-or-death messages such as: "Eleanor Sutherland loves Denis Inkson" (actual names. Did sut, Eleanor), "Stuart Glover is a swot" (true, and I loved him) or "John Smith is stinkie" (not real name). Edb. 2004:
'Ah did not!', 'Ye did sot!'