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From: Sergio Gatti <sergiogatti@meine-wahrheit-deine-wahrheit.de>
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Subject: Re: I've gone and forgotten them. (modality)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:57:03 +0100
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Janet hat am 13.11.2024 um 20:52 geschrieben:
> In article <vh2kk3$29od0$1@dont-email.me>, 
> 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.