XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   With a quizzical look, Sergio Gatti observed:   
   > Janet hat am 13.11.2024 um 20:52 geschrieben:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Some BrE speakers would take it further   
   >>>   
   >>> "He's been and gone and done it".   
   >>>   
   >>> Or even (cross-thread) "He's _only_ been and gone and done it".   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    "Gonnae nae dae that".   
   >>   
   >>    Glaswegian to English translation:   
   >>   
   >>    "I strongly advise you to desist."   
   >   
   >   
   > A word for word translation is usually not desirable, but is it   
   > possible? I'm asking because I'd like to understand the way the   
   > Glaswegian sentence is formed.   
      
   I think a "You are" (or "You're") has been elided from the front of the   
   sentence.   "You are going to not do that".   
      
   Such elisions are common in speech.   
      
   /dps   
      
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