Timeline for Where does "off'n" come from?
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| May 28 at 2:52 | comment | added | Robusto | Another tip o' the hat, Even. Well done. | |
| May 28 at 2:50 | vote | accept | Robusto | ||
| May 26 at 19:55 | comment | added | alphabet | @TimR Agreed. A number of unusual features of Southern AmE dialects come from various nonstandard BrE ones, particularly ones from Scotland and Ireland, so I'm willing to bet that it indeed started in Scotland. | |
| May 26 at 11:56 | comment | added | TimR | Why are you surprised to find earlier UK attestations? Many words and turns of phrase in Southern US dialect are attributable to settlers from England and Scotland. | |
| May 26 at 7:26 | history | answered | Sven Yargs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |