tends to be used more frequently in phrases such as I've got the cold/the flu, he's at the school, I'm away to the kirk. Speakers often use prepositions differently. The compound preposition off of is often used (Take that off of the table). Scots commonly say I was waiting on you (meaning "waiting for you"), which means something quite different in Standard English. In colloquial speech shall and ought are scarce, must is marginal for obligation and may is rare. Here are other syntactical structures: What age are you? for "How old are you?" My hair is needing washed or My hair needs washed for "My hair needs washing" or "My hair needs to be washed". I'm just after telling you for "I've just told you". Amn't I invited? for Am I not invited? Note that in Scottish English, the first person declarative I amn't invited and interrogative Amn't I invited? are both possible. See also Bungi dialect of the Canadian Metis people of Scottish/British descent Dialect Glasgow dialect Hiberno-English Highland English Languages of the United Kingdom Regional accents of English Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech Ulster English References Bibliography Aitken, A. J. (1979) "Scottish speech: a historical view with special reference to the Standard English of Scotland" in A. J. Aitken and Tom McArthur eds. Languages of Scotland, Edinburgh: Chambers, 85-118. Updated in next. McClure, J. Derrick (1994) "English in Scotland", in Further reading External links Listen to BBC Radio Scotland Live (many presenters, such as Robbie Shepherd, have a noticeable Scottish accent) "Hover and hear" pronunciations in a Standard Scottish accent, and compare side by side with other English accents from Scotland and around the World. BBC Voices - Listen to a lot of the voice recordings from many parts of the UK Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech - Multimedia corpus of Scots and Scottish English Sounds Familiar?Listen to examples of Scottish English and other regional accents and dialects of the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website Recent pronunciation changes in Scottish English (audio, starting at 7:10) Standard English Dialects of English