Gang Awa

As A'm fain o sayin, Scots wurds is richt wurds, an the maks is richt maks - no slang, an no corrupted Inglis maks. For ensample, gang. Fowk micht be tempit tae threap at gang is obviously juist the Inglis going spelt wrang. An aiblins that leuks raisonable eneuch.

Hooanever, gang is a gey auld mak - mony hunneryear auld - gangin back til afore the Anglic leids iver yaised -ing or -in for tae indicate a present tense verb. Sae hit coudna com frea going, syne going haedna yit kythed. Gang juist means gae. Sae, we see, lik sae mony ither miscaa'd Scots maks, gang is no a puir wey o spellin a Inglis wurd, bit a lang attested mak that was aince fund in Inglis an aa, bit haes syne been tyned i that leid. Thon's juist anither ensample o hoo glaikit fowk threaps wrangously at Scots wurds is slang, or puir Inglis, whan thay'r trulins richt maks o a doonhauden leid. Whit's mair, 'gang' is aye current i the Icelandic leid, that gangs back at least til the Auld Norse tung, that was gey influential on the Scots leid, an that wes gey sib tae Auld Inglis. It's no a bad wurd ava.