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scote

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  1. Abbreviation of Scottish English.

    Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out.

    But NZE allegedly resembles ScotE in taking the avoidance one step further: will is used instead of shall with first-person pronouns .in questions to express offers or suggestions as in Will I close the window?