yigh
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English
Pronunciation
Interjection
yigh
- (UK, dialect, Lancashire) yes, used when contradicting.
- I can't do it.
- Yigh, thou can.
- Taken from page 206 in Shorrocks (1999).
Usage notes
Shorrocks compares the Lancastrian word yigh to the German doch or the French si.
Joseph Wright classified yigh as a variant of yea. In addition to Lancashire, Wright lists yigh for west Yorkshire, Hampshire and the North Country. (See page 573 in volume 6 of English Dialect Dictionary).
References
Shorrocks, Graham (1999). A Grammar of the Dialect of the Bolton Area. Pt. 2: Morphology and Syntax. Bamberger Beiträge zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft; Bd. 41. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. →ISBN.
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