Scottish dialectal contraction of 'shall not,' following the same pattern as other Scots negative contractions like 'willnae,' 'cannae,' and 'dinnae.' Shallnae carries the natural rhythm of spoken Scots and sits comfortably alongside other Scots grammatical features.
Scottish dialectal contraction of 'shall not,' following the same pattern as other Scots negative contractions like 'willnae,' 'cannae,' and 'dinnae.' Shallnae carries the natural rhythm of spoken Scots and sits comfortably alongside other Scots grammatical features. It's the kind of word that appears in Scottish literature, regional dialogue, and everyday speech in parts of Scotland, marking the speaker as firmly rooted in the Scots linguistic tradition.
She told him plainly, 'You shallnae set foot in this house again until you've apologised properly.'
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(Scotland) shall not.
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