in a number of dialects across the UK and US, as well as in Indian English. It is an example of an invariable tag which is preferred in American English over traditional tags. The tags isn't it? and no? are used in Indian English. The tag eh? is of Scottish origin, and can be heard across much of Scotland, New Zealand, Canada and the North-Eastern United States. In Central Scotland (in and around Stirling and Falkirk), this exists in the form eh no? which is again invariant. The tag or? is used commonly in the North-Eastern United States and other regions to make offers less imposing. These questions could always logically be completed by stating the opposite of the offer, though this effect is understood intuitively by native speakers. For example: Would you like another drink, or (would you not)? Did you want to go to the park together, or (did you not want to go)? The tag hey? (of Afrikaans and Dutch origin) is used in South African English. In Celtic languages Like English, the Celtic languages form tag questions by echoing the verb of the main sentence. The Goidelic languages, however, make little or no use of auxiliary verbs, so that it is generally the main verb itself which reappears in the tag. As in English, the tendency is to have a negative tag after a positive sentence and vice versa, but unbalanced tags are also possible. Some examples from Scottish Gaelic: (Here, eil and fhaca are dependent forms of the irregular verbs tha and chunnaic.) Is toil leat fìon, nach toil? – You like wine, don't you? Tha i brèagha an diugh, nach eil? – It's nice today, isn't it? Chunnaic mi e, nach fhaca? – I saw him, didn't I? Thèid mi ga dhùsgadh, an tèid? – I'll go and wake him, shall I? (unbalanced!) In Welsh, a special particle on is used to introduce tag questions, which are then followed by the inflected form of a verb. Unlike English and the Goidelic languages, Welsh prefers a positive tag after a positive statement, and negative after negative. With the auxiliary bod, it is the inflected form of bod that is used: Mae hi'n bwrw glaw heddiw, on dydy? – It's raining today, isn't it? Dydy hi ddim yn bwrw glaw heddiw, on nac ydy? – It's not raining today, is it? With inflected non-preterite forms, the