Talk:gan

Citations from deleted article

• 1994: Fiona Cooper, A Skyhook in the Midnight Sun, page 158 (Serpent’s Tail) [quotation in dialogue]

  It’s not a real holiday, I’m gannin to see me sons and grandbairns.

• 2009: Newcastle Brown Ale, 550ml bottle, reverse label, Fact №5 — “Nickname” (Newcastle Federation Breweries Ltd., Tyne and Wear)

  Did yee knar…
  

  …Newcastle Brown Ale is affectionately known as ‘Dog’ by those in the know. “I’m gannin’ to see^✱ a man about a Dog” and “I’m taking the Dog for a walk” were often used by Geordie men as an excuse for visiting their local to sample their beloved tipple.
  

          ^✱ I am off to see.

• Mglovesfun (talk) 21:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually its called 'dog' (as in Aa'll hev a bottle o'dog) because it bites yer legs...ask a geordie for goodness sake

Old English

Why is there no g at the beginning of the preterite forms? 173.202.220.124 09:25, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

The preterite forms are suppletive: they come from a different root. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 14:07, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

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Rfv-sense "mouth". (I've gone through the Thieves' Cant category and RFVed everything from F to Z for which I couldn't find at least two cites.) - -sche (discuss) 22:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

• Failed P. Sovjunk (talk) 11:19, 19 November 2024 (UTC)