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Has Ulster-Scots had any influence on language elsewhere?

Given the undeniably huge impact Ulster Scots (or 'Scotch Irish' as they are usually known in the United States) have had elsewhere, particularly in North America, it is hardly surprising there are traces of their linguistic habits elsewhere as well! Words such as redd 'tidy' or feard 'afraid' are as likely to be heard in Tennessee as in Ulster, and it is likely that popular American terms and names such as 'cracker' (from crak 'crack, gossip, fun chat') and 'y'all' (modern Ulster-Scots yis aa; literally 'you all') were brought across the Atlantic by Scotch Irishmen and women. There are also noticeable similarities in accent (particularly intonation) across the American South and in parts of Canada.

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