Scottish English contraction of 'did not', characteristic of Scots dialect speech patterns.
Scottish English contraction of 'did not', characteristic of Scots dialect speech patterns. The '-nae' ending is the standard Scots negative particle (equivalent to '-n't' in standard English), and it attaches to many auxiliary verbs in the same way. Widely used in everyday spoken Scottish English across all social registers.
She didnae say anything about it until the last minute, which caused all sorts of confusion.
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(Scotland) did not.